by Allister MacGillivray
(© Cabot Trail Music SOCAN)
Here is the tune as sung by Anne Murray.
Out on the Mira one warm afternoon,
Old men go fishing with black line and spoon
And if they catch nothing they never complain,
I wish I was with them again.
As boys in their boats call to girls on the shore,
Teasing the one that [...]
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Song For the Mira
Posted in Canada, Cape Breton, Fishermen, Fishing, Flickr photos, Personal Photography, Photography, Song/ Lyrics, Songs, Storytelling, Wind and Water, Yarns, flickr, folk song, history, home, mira, mira river, novascotia, photos, province, river, weather on June 25, 2006 | 15 Comments »
An Inconvenient Truth
Posted in Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, Canada, Climate, News and politics, america, climate change, disaster, ice, united states on June 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
At the end of the movie, the audience applauded.
This was on a Thursday, when there usually aren't too many people, but the theatre was over 3/4 full. I had to wait in line to get in.
I have a confession to make. My background in oceanography and meteorology has made me familiar with many of the [...]
Good things came in threes today
Posted in Bibliophile, Books, Library, Reviews, Science Fiction, Uncategorized on June 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I just received three packages from Amazon.com and Amazon.ca today. The strange thing is that I ordered the Canadian and the American books on the same day, and they arrived simultaneously (I guess it is still easy for books to cross the border). Among the loot were three books that I am trying not to [...]
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