Nova Dawn-education to preserve the past, conservation to feed the future.

 Sorry for the lul in updates over the past two weeks. There has been a lot to get sorted and plenty of school to keep up with, work, a multitude of lists, hours of research and all the joys of an ongoing job search. Things are starting to come together, the collective governments in Atlantic Canada have announced the reopening of the Atlantic bubble, making the move back to NS much easier. The two weeks of quarantine would be emotionally challenging, being so close but so far at the same time. All of this being said, it is Tuesday again, and we all know what that means! It's been a few weeks, and it's time for another GrataTuesday! This week has brought my world some heartbreaking news. Little Ray's Nova Scotia announced they are shutting their doors due to the impact that Covid-19 has had on them. The government has offered little to no aid for small businesses, and unlike so many other little guys, LRNS can't just hunker down and wait for this to blow over. There is ...

While it is time for another GrataTuesday post, I thought I would share some pretty big news with you instead... Big may be an understatement, huge doesn't seem to cover it either. This is colossal, gargantuan, life-altering, reticulated python-sized news!  The last 360 days have been some of the most difficult, uncertain, challenging, yet rewarding days of my life. Many of us have faced some challenges that we have never expected to face.  The last 360 days have seen me scared to death about the lockdown and the effect it would have on the events that we had scheduled for Nashwaak Valley Farm, worrying about what the future would hold for my fellow outreach educators all over the country; my friends and family, creating two amazing summer camp programs, missing my first blues fest in fifteen years, missing my first Ylue feast EVER, moving on to a very different job, starting my university degree, my baby sister getting engaged, dreaming about being able to get back to doing t...

  We're back again with another GrataTuesday, this one a tribute to Dear Ol Dad.  As always, GrataTuesday is brought to you in part by the GrataToad and the letters I, O and U! Lacey Bean, the alligator queen, drivin' around in her Pontiac reptile machine.  Loven' all the little critters green, Ortis the tortoise and Stubsy mean. Went to Truro with Corona and the Medicine Show seen.  Then to Aylesford mountain where the fox is queen,  Off to Merle with straw hat and jeans, homeless man in the yard,  Bean to the door in all her lard. Lacey Bean Love Dear Ol Dad  Feb. 2014 People are often shocked, some even appalled by the relationship I share with my family, but as today's mammal of honour always says,  Fuck em' if they don't like it! Growing up, my father was...difficult to live with, to say the least. That's not to say I didn't learn an unbelievable amount from him. He, like an ogre, smells like a swamp (at times) and has many layers.  For ...