Comments on: Beyond The Island, Another Island

By: george richard rosenblatt

george richard rosenblatt — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 22:41:01 +0000

In reply to Heather Herington. love you , from jungle george

By: Heather Herington

Heather Herington — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:06:25 +0000

I was one of those back-to-landers moving to Forest Glen at the headwaters of the Margaree River, seven miles as the crow flies to the ocean near Cheticamp and 12 miles down the road to Margaree Valley. In season we had our own boat to fish lobster down near Margaree Harbor. Our eight sided log house was after a Navajo design (a bit anyway) where our daughter was raised for the first years, though the marriage didn’t last seven years and I went back to university in Halifax. I often think of those days: the beauty, the rhythms of nature…and the idealism…in 2021 maybe it’s time to move back from Los Angeles. 🙂

By: Yggy King

Yggy King — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:38:40 +0000

Interesting read, and felt personally – my parents were part of the back-to-the-land movement in rural Cape Breton, we moved there in 1972. I know many of the people mentioned. It feels like an oversight not to mention indigenous culture or art – such as Ursula Johnson’s (from Eskasoni) rebellious use of Mi’kmaq basket weaving. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/ursula-johnson-a-new-rock-star-in-the-art-world-1.4500391