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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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how i feel about Archibald’s Wharf
I’ll keep this brief, because, hey, the Internet is full to the brim with opinions, and lengthy ones at that. But, I do want to weigh in on this issue that’s really taken hold of the community where I … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Jobs, Leah's thoughts
Tagged Archibald's Wharf, Cape Breton, community, North Sydney
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Sacred Sundays: getting off my butt and out of my comfort zone
OK, so I’ve talked before here about how my Sundays are sacred. (And also here, about the hiking aspect of Sacred Sundays.) They’re my and Adam’s day. They’re the one day a week that is just out. I don’t do stuff outside … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Art, Community, Education, Environment, Health, Leah's thoughts, Mi'kmaq communities, Outdoors, Sustainability
Tagged Cape Breton, Climate change, community, sacred sundays
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hungry for some change, a beach
Today I find myself thinking about hunger. Not the issue of having enough to eat, which surely has lots to think about, but the feeling of craving a thing. For example, I’ve been so hungry for the Highlands lately. For their saturated-with-rain, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Towns + communities
Tagged Cape Breton, change, community
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one small change
It’s super cheesy. I know. But it also happens to be absolutely true: The simplest thing, the attitude in my head, completely changes how I see the street I walk on, the sky above me, the people I meet, and … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Towns + communities
Tagged attitude, Cape Breton, community, North Sydney, positivity
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street art as opposed to vandalism
So yesterday’s post sparked some comments, which is great, because that’s when I know what I’m doing is working! On Twitter, Matthew Ingraham and I had a bit of a back-and-forth. To my initial tweet sharing the blog post, he … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Day to Day Life, Design, Leah's thoughts, Love, Towns + communities, Women + kids
Tagged business, Cape Breton, community, downtowns, street art, vandalism
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on welcome
These days I’m thinking a lot about what it means to be “welcoming”. It’s a touchy subject. We all as humans want to be welcome, we all want to be part of the group, to be heard and loved and … Continue reading
seniors’ lunch in St. Ann’s Bay
So almost three weeks ago I went to read my short story “Night Swimmer” at a Seniors’ Lunch. There is a community hall and church in St. Ann’s Bay that holds weekly lunches for seniors in the area, and they … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Community, Day to Day Life, Towns + communities, Writing
Tagged Cape Breton, community, food, seniors, St. Ann's Bay, Third Person Press, writing
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