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Hi there! I'm Leah and this is my blog. "Dream Big Cape Breton" is about my life on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It's about looking for, and finding, inspiration + joy all around me.
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Q+A: Angelo Spinazzola
I’ve known Angelo for over ten years now, ever since I used to work for Deanie Cox when she ran her shop “Shape Shift” in North River. My best friends Will and Claire and my brother Mat worked for Angelo … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Art, Do It Yourself, Education, Mi'kmaq communities, Music, Outdoors, People, Q+A
Tagged Angelo Spinazzola, Cape Breton, Kayaking, music, North River, Sydney, travel
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Tell me, tell me: crowdsourcing on creativity
Next week (March 25-27), the Cape Breton Centre of Craft and Design is putting on a rad conference in Sydney. (Click here to read my blog post from last week about why conferences are important to take the time to attend, … Continue reading
Winter garden
“The best laid plans” – how does that saying go? Of mice and men, or something? The plans go astray, anyway. No matter how well-laid out. I came through the holiday with the thought, “Once 2013 rolls around I’m going … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Dream Big updates, Education, Leah's thoughts
Tagged back to school at 28
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learning my lessons
The images are actually much larger, so if you want to see what my screen looks like when I’m working in these programs (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign), click on the image and it will open in a separate tab. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Leah's thoughts, Normal life
Tagged Autumn, back to school at 28, balance, graphic design, Mental health, NSCC, school
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Q+A with Vince Forrestall
Vince Forrestall is Victoria County’s Naturally Active Physical Activity Strategy Coordinator. He lives in Baddeck. This weekend he is hosting the First Annual Victoria County Relay for Health, along with the Victoria County Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation. It will be part … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Education, Events, Health, Outdoors, People, Q+A
Tagged Active living, Physical Activity Strategy, Q+A, Victoria County, Vince Forrestall
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Park it
I leave earlier than I have to each day mainly to score a good parking spot. Most of the classes at NSCC start at 8:30 am, whereas mine doesn’t start til 9:30, so if I were to get there just … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Leah's thoughts, Normal life, Transportation
Tagged cars, NSCC, parking, school
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Feeling moody
In my Introduction to Web Design class we’re designing a website. It can be anything we want, including a re-design of an existing website, so I’m taking this chance to redesign this blog, Dream Big Cape Breton! (You won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Dream Big updates, Education
Tagged back to school at 28, Dream Big updates, web design
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I can’t get enough of…
…Jenn Grant’s new album. I listen to it on repeat while I’m working on school stuff, which is more and more these days. I go in early and work, and then I stay after class and do more work. I’m … Continue reading
Back To School at 28: So far, so good!
I’ve been in school a week now and so far, so good! I love that I’m in school to learn about things like typography, art, design, the history of design. These are all things that had been secret and not-so-secret … Continue reading
Going back to school at 28
Next week I’ll be going back to school. I’m 28, and the last time I was in a classroom was early 2007. I left university in my third year of a Bachelor of Arts degree. At the time, I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Jobs, Leah's thoughts
Tagged Cape Breton, Education, graphic design, NSCC
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