Category Archives: For Fun

book report / 2

Posted on February 1, 2014 by

So it turns out, deciding to share each book I’m reading on Instagram (complete with a hashtag, #leahreads2014), and then to write about them in groups of three on my blog, is making me inspired to read more. At the … Continue reading →

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book report

Posted on January 14, 2014 by

The last three books I read were Anne Murray’s “All of Me,” Lisa Scottoline’s “Meet Me At Emotional Baggage Claim” and Meg Wolitzer’s “The Interestings.” All of these books I borrowed from the Cape Breton Regional Library. I like how … Continue reading →

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Cape Clear

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

Since I was a teenager, I had heard about Cape Clear. The first time was from my friend Morgan (hi hon!), who came in to visit me at the pottery store where I worked in the summers, and told me … Continue reading →

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true grit

Posted on September 16, 2013 by

  Last week one of my instructors, Brian Geary, brought our design class over to CBU’s art gallery. (It’s a five minute walk from the NSCC campus.) We went over to see the show currently in the gallery, “True Grit: … Continue reading →

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“but what she really likes to do is write”

Posted on September 2, 2013 by

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 →

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Florence Beach / end of summer

Posted on August 19, 2013 by

I have come to realize that I am a beach girl, through and through. Last year I did a project where I went to ten different beaches on Cape Breton. Doing that intentionally and making time each week or so … Continue reading →

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collage / marina

Posted on August 13, 2013 by

I used to LOVE to make collages when I was a kid. I remember getting a bunch of Vogue magazines from Susanna Fuller (a neighbour’s daughter who was in her late teens or early twenties – I don’t remember exactly, … Continue reading →

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