May 22, 2012

Afraid of Hiking Heights

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I seem to be afraid of heights. Perhaps I haven't phrased that correctly. I am afraid of death seems more like it. Afraid of the sure death that is to come if you trip and slip off a cliff and crack your head open on the razor sharp rocks below. Yes. The perils of hiking have me a-feared. It's the second time I have walked out past the Battery to the start of one of the North Head hiking … [Read more...]

Berry Picking on Signal Hill

Frozen partridgeberries and squashberries

Berry Picking is a big deal in Newfoundland. I have never heard the words berry picking mentioned as often as I have since I moved to Newfoundland. In fact, the number of times I have heard the words "berry picking" during the months of August and September alone is easily three times the total number of times I have heard them pronounced in my lifetime. What is even more fascinating is that … [Read more...]