North Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sunset on the way into North Sydney.


JoJo MacNeil jigs at Rollie's Wharf, a restaurant and lounge, during the Thursday night fiddle circle. MacNeil is also a Cape Breton fiddler.


Louis and Mr. Buttons.


A lobstering boat dry docked in the backyard.


Steve is a lobsterman and a native of Nova Scotia, a Mi'kmaq (Micmac).


Graves at a seaside cemetery in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.

12-Hour Drive

Leaving Maine About 7 a.m.


I camped out in the parking lot across from the police station in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Headed North

I am headed north as far as I can go. I may not be able to post anything over the next week.

AMARA Slideshow Test

Here is a slideshow combining an audio poem I made a couple years ago called Space Aged Glossary, and some of my random space-aged photos. It is my first test with a slideshow application made by the software company Amara.

Skunked

A neighbor's dogs got sprayed by a skunk - skunked. Smells great!

Red

Truck

Green

Fiddleheads

Blue

Sky

Walked Up a Hill to See the Ocean

Yesterday I took gasoline out of and underground gas well. Put it in my truck. And drove to Camden Maine.


Driving past a church on the eastern outskirts of Augusta Maine.


Wal-Mart has infiltrated the sparsely-populated interior of Maine.


Sparkling Cat Treasures on Rt. 17 in Maine.


Maine spare tire.


Got a couple slices and some coffee at the Mic Mac Mart in Maine.


Walked into the woods.


Looked down into the spring trees.


I smashed my foot in chewing gum in Maine.



Camden Maine from Mt. Megunticook.


Mt. Battie Maine.


Fiddleheads in Maine.
I'm told these are a little too mature to eat. There were many fiddleheads and ferns at various stages in Camden Hills. My neighbor Jaret says you eat them like spinach.

Poetics Off The Page

For poetics off the page; a misunderstood subject.

Lobster Rolls: Maine Crack

I have spent over $30 on lobster rolls this past weekend.
On Jan. 17th 2008, my friend Rich Barton and I ate the last 2 lobster rolls that Damons (an old sandwich shop) would serve for months. Before we could even sit down they took the "lobster roll" sign off the menu.
After seeing lobsters for sale in an Augusta Maine parking lot Friday afternoon I phoned Damons to see if they had lobster roll yet, this season. They said "Not yet." So, I called the Senator Inn and ordered a lobster club.
Not the same.


Saturday, when I called Damons, I was extremely happy to learn they had lobstah rolls! I ordered a lobster platter and ate it on my desk at work.


/Hobo sign for lobster/ On the way to work I couldn't help but to order another lobster roll. I mean, I don't really have the money to be eating lobster rolls, but they are awesome! People become economically trapped in Maine this way.