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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: Towns + communities
Writers’ Festival – the morning after
Whew!! What a weekend. Later on this week, I’ll be sharing a longer post about how the 2012 Cabot Trail Writers Festival went, with lots of pictures and description. For now, it’s Monday morning, I’m back at school (driving out … Continue reading
10 Beaches/2012: Glace Bay
The ninth beach! Almost there! And here is the story of how we found it. My dear friend Mary Beth was visiting on her way home to Newfoundland. She and I were able to spend a rainy Thursday together, as … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Beaches/2012, Outdoors, Towns + communities
Tagged 10 Beaches 2012, Glace Bay, Marconi, Mary-Beth Thompson
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Lunenburg for an August wedding
It was my first time in Lunenburg. My friend Catriona had lived there for three years, several years ago. That’s where she met Auston. He was a cook at Fleur de Sel. She was a cook at Trattoria della Nonna. … Continue reading
10 Beaches/2012: Kennington Cove
Kennington Cove is one of the darlings of the Cape Breton beaches. It’s sandy, wide, and set in a National Historic Site of Canada, so that the woods all around it are still intact, and there are no houses. Kennington … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Beaches/2012, Active living, Towns + communities
Tagged 10 Beaches 2012, Kennington Cove, Louisbourg, summer
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Why should we care if rural communities live or die?
“Why should we care if rural communities live or die?” Kate Oland asked recently. I do care about what happens to rural communities, but I find that when I think about the life and death cycles of these human settlements … Continue reading
10 Beaches/2012: Chimney Corner and Inverness
So after Point Aconi was rained out, I was really looking forward to my day off last week. I even got friends in on it – “Come to the beach with me!” When the day arrived it was sunny in … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Beaches/2012, Active living, Towns + communities
Tagged 10 Beaches 2012, Chimney Corner, golf, ice cream, Inverness Beach, summer, The Dancing Goat
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Market day!
I had forgotten over the winter about the true joy that is a community farmers’ market, live and happening. You know, in community work and in conversation about the future of Cape Breton’s food sources, people talk a lot about … Continue reading
