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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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First week of Facebook holiday
So it has been a week since I started my Facebook “holiday.” I kind of feel like how I imagine smokers might, after they quit: both relieved, and also itching to go back to the old habit. And, amazed that … Continue reading
multitude monday / mar 3
My friend and classmate Katie MacLennan writes a great blog called Polka Dot Soup. On it she writes a post some Mondays called “Multitude Monday.” She writes, “Mondays are about documenting the little (or big!) things in life that make me oh-so-happy. Let’s make Mondays … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Outdoors
Tagged Cape Breton, gratitude, Multitude Mondays, winter
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links loved / mar 1
This shot was snapped quickly while I was driving across the Seal Island Bridge yesterday, on my way to Baddeck to my friend Tanis’s hair salon. She’s been doing my hair for years and so I trusted her to chop … Continue reading
storefront dreaming
The more I think about it, the more I realize I was made to go into business. I mean, some guys and gals drive by houses for sale and dream about decorating the home, doing the garden, et cetera. I … Continue reading
Posted in Business ideas, Community, Design, Leah's thoughts, Outdoors, Towns + communities, Work
Tagged Cape Breton, design, downtowns, Small business, storefronts
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First day of Facebook holiday
Yesterday I felt pretty dang frustrated about having so little time to get my schoolwork done. I feel like great graphic design springs from a happy and balanced designer, and for this designer, happiness and balance is equal parts “time … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts
Tagged Cape Breton, Facebook holiday, social media
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two walks
At the start of this year I set myself some goals. One of them was to move more. To that end I’ve been keeping track of my daily movement on a little calendar, in crayon. (And no, the colours of … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Outdoors
Tagged Cape Breton, exercise, Four Simple Goals, walking, winter
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money money money, must be funny
So I keep thinking to myself, “I really want to write a post about money. And about not having any. And how much that sucks, how much it messes with your head in a culture that loves to sell things … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Work
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