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sperm whale in cape breton
this one got me. a young male sperm whale came in close near rockdale, alive, and people tried to free it and it died anyway. sperm whales this close in is apparently exceptionally unusual, and the harbour was grey and wild on my walk today and i thought about it the whole way #novascotia #ocean https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7409414?cmp=rss
granite quarry at lazy head
an american company wants to dig up granite on the eastern shore and build its own terminal at a place called lazy head. the name is doing a lot of work there and i am not charmed. a 220-hectare quarry on chedabucto bay for rock that mostly leaves by ship feels like the wrong trade for a coast this good #halifax #novascotia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/american-company-proposes-large…
six foot five in the mine
the first thing they had to figure out was how to get a six-foot-five seventeen-year-old #halifax #novascotia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/big-jim-maclellan-men-of-the-deeps-9.7404709?cmp=rss
spring awakening at the bus stop
an alley stage at the bus stop theatre co-op, audience on both sides, no microphones at all. that unamplified choice is the thing i keep turning over, because you can hear every breath and it either works or it really doesn't. a violin starts and the chatter just stops. sitting on one side gives you a completely different show than the other, which is such a lovely problem to have #halifax #theatr…