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Hi there! I'm Leah Noble, and from 2012 to 2014 this was my blog, "Dream Big Cape Breton." I used this space to share my thoughts, my photographs, and my take on life in Cape Breton.
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a celebration
Yesterday at the marina we had a little party. The occasion was that it was forty years since Charles Weaver began operating this business in Baddeck. He started it as “Baddeck Marine and Sports” and over the years it became … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Leah's thoughts, Towns + communities, Work
Tagged Baddeck, Baddeck Marine, business, community, marina, summer
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“but what she really likes to do is write”
It’s funny how life goes. How things happen, and when we’re in the moment they don’t seem like much, but then they take on significance after the fact. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about something that happened earlier this … Continue reading
fifty percent
Well here goes nothin! My friend Alicia is on her third year of eating 100% local for the month of September. This year a bunch of people have pledged to join her in eating 50% local. Including me. Yikes! … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Food + agriculture, Leah's thoughts
Tagged food, Local food, summer
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englishtown
Good things: kittens friends bare feet in grass beautiful light swimming in the ocean impending rain old apple trees fresh berries staining my hands
in praise of things that are free
It was a good weekend. I hadn’t had a Sunday off from work (and not been travelling) in a couple of months. It was a “real” weekend and it was glorious. Friday I had the day off, and that morning … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Outdoors, Towns + communities
Tagged Bell Museum, Cape Breton, Middle River, summer, weddings
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getting out and about
Two days ago, at work, Flossie messaged me in MMS (that’s the computer system that’s on her computer upstairs and the front desk computer too, and that we all have profiles in, and use to send each other messages) to … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Food + agriculture, Leah's thoughts, Towns + communities
Tagged friends, market, summer
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I’m engaged! With my community, that is…
I also have a post up today over at the blog “Civic Engagement from Local to Global,” which is part of a research study being done by Cape Breton University professor Tanya Brann-Barrett. I wrote about my tips for “making a relationship … Continue reading
