Here's a guide to some relatively common grave markers that are so distinctive you can identify them while speeding past country cemeteries in your touring car. No need to stop, just exclaim with confidence, "did you notice that cast iron monument? Manufactured by Faulkner in the 1880s, I surmise." W. H. Faulkner The lightness and…Read More

Recently we had a couple of experiences with light that were delightful, memorable, and a long time coming. Venice on the Arm Venetian Night on the Northwest Arm is an event that has apparently been happening for the last 100 or so years. I've lived in Halifax for most of that time, unaware of this…Read More

Ever since the Queen's Marque development on the Halifax Waterfront was announced, some scamps on Twitter have been trash talking the project. Other voices said, wait and see, this thing is going to offer Library Level quality and excitement. The project is still under construction, but I've visited the edges of the site a couple…Read More