Intellectual wellness …expanding knowledge.. “At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month…” ”In Flanders fields…” ”Would you like to buy a poppy?” ”The war to end all wars.” […]
Lest we forget the Forgotten
Just travel! Wolfville Nova Scotia
The town is buzzing. There’s even traffic in both directions on Main Street. It’s Saturday in Wolfville and the farmers’ market is on. Like bees flocking to pollen-rich flowers, the people head […]
A Day of Remembrance
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pictou-black-battalion-first-world-war-1.3664805 It all started with some stamps and ended with this: In between, on a trip to Nova Scotia, there was this: Today November 11th is Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate […]
Just Travel! Nova Scotian Tidbits
People from Halifax are called Haligonians. No road trip in Canada is complete without a stop at Tim’s. Here, especially Cape Breton, they sell a local staple, oat cakes. The ubiquitous souvenir […]
Black History Month – African Nova Scotia
Did you know the UN named the time period of 2015-2024 the decade for people of African descent? I didn’t until I went onto the African Nova Scotian Affairs website. http://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/index.shtml http://ansa.novascotia.ca/african-heritage-month […]
And the answers are…
Milestone questions on Black History Month Who were Mathieu de Costa and Viola Desmond? Read the following posts, previously published, to find out: https://wealworldtravel.com/2014/02/19/black-history-month-a-da-costa-connection/ https://wealfood.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/meatless-monday-vegging-out-on-viola-desmond-day/
This one’s for Jeffrey
Today is Día de los Muertos, a day to honour the dearly departed. It is celebrated in México every November 1st. Colourfully painted skeletons and sugar skulls help mark the occasion and the […]
Canada Special – The Maritimes in Part
…From Bonavista to the Vancouver Islands… ~Canadian version of song This Land is Your Land~ Bonavista is located in the far east of the last province to join Canadian Confederation, Newfoundland. Nearby […]
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Like a volcanic eruption giving birth to a new island, the imminent referendum in Scotland may see this country become an independent nation. So what does Scotland have in common with our […]
Flying Chocolate
Walk n’ Choc Where the road less travelled by foot leads to chocolate. Here is the story of how I became the accidental chocolate tourist in Nova Scotia. It all started with […]
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