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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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Category Archives: Outdoors
the woods
I grew up in the woods. They were my original thinking place. Now as I find myself wondering what my ideal day holds (as part of a rad program I’m doing with my life coach, Tiffany Han, called 100 Rejection … Continue reading
a berry bush
…cleanse for the journey wait three days, then burn and watch the summer after next, I’ll come pruning from deep inside a berry bush Words from Shauntay Grant’s piece “Will”, which is found on her new album “Say Sumthin.” ++++ … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors, Photo A Day, Poetry
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Scoggie
Maurice “Scoggie” Watson was 27 when Cynthia Scott made a film about him. It was 1975. https://www.nfb.ca/film/scoggie (Film runs about 25 minutes.) This film is almost 40 years old. Yet, the stories in it, and the truths they reveal, still ring stingingly … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Community, Outdoors
Tagged Baddeck, Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton, Film, Scoggie
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what you didn’t plan (or plant)
Last year in this bed, I grew tomatoes on purpose. The growing season ended, I pulled out the plants, and called it a day. (Or a season, I guess.) This year, I didn’t grow tomatoes on purpose in this bed. … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Food + agriculture, Leah's thoughts, Outdoors
Tagged gardening, Slowing down life
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Letters with Bob Bancroft
June 18th, 2014, email From: Leah Noble To: Bob Bancroft Hi there Bob, It was so nice to see you a couple of weeks ago at the Bras d’Or Stewardship Society Annual General Meeting. I hope this email finds you … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Environment, Outdoors, Sustainability
Tagged Bob Bancroft, clearcutting, environment, Nova Scotia, woodlots
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Q+A with Emily Chafe and Steve Rankin
1. Name, age, where you live? Emily Chafe, 27, Glencoe. Steve Rankin, 30, Glencoe. 2. CB born and raised? Or recent transplants? (And however much biographical info you feel like giving.) I (Emily) was raised in Port Hawkesbury and Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Art, Business ideas, Community, Design, Outdoors, Q+A, Sustainability, Towns + communities, Work
Tagged Cape Breton, Emily Chafe, graphic design, Inverness County, photography, Port Hawkesbury, Port Hood, Q+A, Small business, Steve Rankin
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a trip to Blue Heron Farm
Two weeks ago I drove out to Gardiner Mines after work, to visit with Marc Vassallo on his (and his parents’) organic veggie farm. It was an overcast day and there was a bit of drizzle, but I put on my … Continue reading
