We are experiencing more firsts for Ken. The first time we hung a big picture. The first time we went out to dinner with Mary and Walt MacDonald to Mahone Bay. The first time to fix his weather station here outside. All firsts for Ken since his surgery. Many have suggested it was somewhat dangerous for Ken to travel so soon after surgery, but his head is as important as his body to heal, so the trip to Nova Scotia opens up a whole world of interest and ideas to involve him. We were both told by many people that everyone gets depressed after that type of surgery, perhaps by the length of time on the heart-lung machine, but that has not been a problem for Ken. Perhaps because we have kept him leaping around. He is now taking a rest every afternoon, and before we go out for an excursion, but the rest of the day he alternates reading, walking and working at the computer. We are grateful. Especially me. Ken makes the tea or coffee every morning and brings me a cup up to the bedroom!!
The Beaver is a very interesting magazine, a history magazine about Canada. In years past the Beaver was an internal paper of the Hudson Bay Company. When the Bay folded , so did the Beaver; but the National History Society took it on and now is a fine little journal, published ten times a year, with special editions published from time to time. Right now I am reading the special edition of Quebec at 400 years. For Maryland folks 400 years is not so unusual, but for Texans and the whole of Western Canada and the U.S.150 years is about as old as things go, so Quebec at 400 years is something to consider. It is on the web at TheBeaver.ca.
Two small publications about privateers. Bold Privateers. Terror, Plunder and Profit on Canadas Atlantic Coast.by Roger Marsters.Published by Formac Publishing Company Company Limited. Halifax. And The Atlantic Privateers, by John Leefe, published by Mortons Printing and Publishing. Queens County, Nova Scotia.This latter little book gives you privateering in a nutshell, written by the present Mayor of Queens County.
One of the great benefits of a new place is meeting new people. I have always thought that the best part of the real estate business is getting to know our clients and agents. Folks we would never have gotten to know if we. were not in the business
of helping them buy or sell a house. The same is true of a new place. We bought a home in Western Head, Nova Scotia, and it is true but simplistic to say that our lives have been enriched by our association with the friends we have met. One of them is John Leefe. He is an historian by training. After teaching High School for a few years he served in the provincial legeslislation for many year., he retired, but was asked to run as mayor of Queens County
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