Recently my best friend Heather told me a little about a children’s book called Bridge to Terabithia. I was home sick for much of this week, but today I ventured forth and bought a copy. When I was at page 57 I tried calling her to thank her for ever so gently hinting that it [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Building Bridges
Posted in Books, Children, Friends, friendship, home, Love, memory, People, Personal Stuff, Reviews, river, story, Storytelling, weather, Wind and Water on March 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Newfoundland and Labrador Marine Disasters and Shipwrecks
Posted in atlantic, beaumont-hamel, Canada, disaster, Fishermen, Fishing, history, home, labrador, newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador Blogs, pollux, roots, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, schooner, ship, ships, truxton, Tsunami, united states, vessels, war, weather, Wind and Water, World War I, World War II on March 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I was updating a previous post about famous ships of Newfoundland and Labrador and noted that many of these ships sank or were lost in storms. There are many aspects to these events and to how they shaped our history, from the Independence Hurricane of 1775 to the deaths of the sealers from the ships [...]
Hanghang (plural of Hang) Drums
Posted in bern, Drums, hang, indijika, music, Swiss, switzerland on March 24, 2007 | 39 Comments »
Today I received an email from PanArt, the makers of the hang drum, regarding the procedure to obtain one. This was in answer to a previous email I made a fairly long time ago. Basically you have to make an appointment, go to Switzerland, and have a hang specially designed for you. They will be [...]
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I'm a Newfoundlander from Kilbride on the Avalon Peninsula. My main interests have been the ocean surface and wind from the days of my youth. In other words I'm an oceanographic meteorologist. I also developed a recent interest in photography, and have tried to use it to show what I love about the world around me.
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