Archive - Giver on the River

May 27, 2004

I was just thinking about how fast the weather changes and thought I'd post these 2 pictures...one taken in April, the other in May.

May 21, 2004

Wally Gator practiced his swing today at lunch time. At least some of us were working!

May 21, 2004

Long weekend, here we come! Nothing better than a long weekend to get your spirits up and motivated. My family's annual "LobsterFest" coinsides with the Victoria Day weekend. So Escuminac, get ready for 15 seafood lovers to raid your supply. Wishing everyone a safe long weekend! Remember, party responsibly.

May 21, 2004

Miramichi River Valley Tourism (MRVT)has been encouraging uniform signage in our communities for the past year. Boiestown was the first to put up their sign, that proudly states "Boiestown, Gateway to the Miramichi River Valley", followed by Doaktown with "Doaktown, Heart of the Miramichi River Valley", and this month the...

May 20, 2004

"Rescue our Hospital, Resuscitate our Future" Well we survived the Great Hospital Protest of 2004, and man was it ever a protest! In case you have been in hibernation for the past few weeks, an estimated 1,200 people from the Miramichi Region put their diversity aside and shouted loud and...

May 19, 2004

What a beautiful day in Miramichi! I'm sitting here at the Miratech building with the door wide open listening to birds singing in the summer. The sun is shining, there's a lovely cool breeze, I'm wearing my Mighty Miramichi.com sweatshirt and have fresh fiddleheads in my lunch bag. What more...

May 17, 2004

We've got a petition online in support of no cuts to our local hospital service. Check it out and please sign. Click here.

May 6, 2004

Getting back to the Laughing Bear Lodge . . . you know, the novel we've been working on together . . . Andrea suggested it might go more quickly (and could even be more interesting) if we wrote it by sentences rather than chapters. And I think that's a plan,...

May 3, 2004

A couple of weekends ago while I was at the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick Annual General Meeting, the rest of the Mighty Crew were in Moncton for the Lifestyle Show at the coliseum. Here are a few pictures Stacy sent me to post. People filled out ballots at the...

May 3, 2004

Stacy and I got a jump on our tourist activities of the summer and took a road trip to Moncton on the weekend. This is a great shot of downtown on Main Street. You can see the famous Capitol Theatre on the left. The reason for our rather spontaneous departure...

April 22, 2004

WFNB AGM Weekend – Saturday Morning The alarm sang at 6:30am. I turned it off, sprang out of bed and raised the blind to look outside. What a beautiful morning! This would NEVER happen at home. The snooze button is my best friend, but I couldn’t risk missing anything. And...

April 21, 2004

WFNB AGM Weekend – Friday Something very magical happens when you gather a group of artistic minds together for an event or conference. It’s just so intense — you never know what might happen. What a fantastic weekend I had at the Writers’ Federation Annual General Meeting! So much fun!...

April 14, 2004

It's that dreaded time of year again . . . No, I'm not talking about the rain . . . Or the fog . . . Or all the mud being tracked through the house . . . I'm talking about rummage. Yes, I've just got the word to clean...

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