Posts Tagged ‘The Cove Journal’

We ease our way out of one season and into the next, shifting gears, breathing differently, inhaling clear crisp air. Lawn mowing is intermittent and tracked-in grass is only occasionally…

The afternoon low tide brings families to the Cove, happily encumbered with folding beach chairs, striped umbrellas, airy beach tents, heavy picnic coolers filled with icy beverages and egg salad…

Life is proceeding full-tilt in the Cove. We’re getting the old Schoolhouse ready for summer, we’re potting plants for the Perennial Sale, and exchanging recipes for the Rhubarb Social.  It’s…

We were driving home past Québec City on a gusty day in April, having been happily storm-stayed in Montréal, when the sky was filled with geese by the thousands—beautiful white…

The big snowmelt has come and gone, and freshets have been replaced by puddles and more puddles. If you’re thinking about moving to the Island, visit now. My partner recalls…

It’s still light out at suppertime! It’s almost the Vernal Equinox! Time to get out the potting soil, cut down some mandarin orange boxes, and start the peppers.  Our usual…

A sparkling morning, one of the shortest days of the year, sun low over the Strait, long blue shadows. Walking down to the Cove I turn to the woman beside…

For adults, December is the month of nostalgia, turning back the clock, reaching inwards and dusting off a whole lifetime of memories happy and sad. When I hang that blue…

Hundreds of geese flying overhead, loose and loud, not too concerned about V formations, healthy, independent, on their way here and there, a joy and a miracle, black wings a…

In September we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Cove School—the 203rd anniversary, to be exact. How many institutions have existed on Prince Edward Island since 1820?…