Crescent Beach, 10 cords of wood and a musical

Nova Scotia, Song Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 29 September 2008 @ 2:39 PM 7 Comments

Kelly and Alyssa in Canada two months ago.
Evan-shually I’ll have big pix in my posts by default and will be blogging until about 2064 or so.  Big plans, people, big plans!
Canada…
Dad stacked 10 cords of firewood in his basement last week!  Split from trees he grew and cut himself and hauled a mile from his back lot last winter.   With his horses and sled.   Over snow and such.  In Canada!!!  And he’s 72.  What a guy.  Lots more on him, Mom and the rest of my clan evan-shually.
Jim, Kelly and I will be moving back to Canada In a couple years – lock, stock and summer apparel.  It’ll be hard to leave wonderful Austin but all of our 368 relatives (and that’s only out to 3rd cousins,) are in The Great White North.  And musically it could be a great fit for me as N. Y. City is actually a lot closer to Halifax than to Austin – less than a 3-hour flight.  The theatres of Broadway do beckon so brightly for the musical “I Need A Man,” I’m writing.   Plus, it’s only 2 hours from Halifax to Bermuda for those winter respites.  And direct non-stop flights to London, maybe even Paris fly out every day.  So maybe the move back won’t be so bad after all.
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    On 29 September 2008 at 4:33 pm Kalyani said, 

    My parents and grandparents cut and hauled their own wood, too, at way too old of an age. I guess the Great White North makes some hardy peoples. :)

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    On 30 September 2008 at 10:06 am Jannie said, 

    That’s cool, K, active breeds active, I guess.

    And popping out 12-14 kids per family too. No cable tv back in the day.

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    On 2 October 2008 at 1:08 pm Christina said, 

    I do desire to go to Canada one day. Hopefully! I like your blog. I found it via someone elses blog.

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    On 2 October 2008 at 1:33 pm Jannie said, 

    Thanks, Cristina. Nova Scotia is a mind-bendingly gorgeous place, but keep it as our secret, okay? I kinda wanna hog it a bit.

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    On 3 October 2008 at 3:06 pm Annie in Austin said, 

    Hi Jannie,

    Thanks for stopping at my blog and introducing yourself – congratulations on being recognized in songwriting contests.

    I have a feeling your songs and a play called “I Need A Man” will be aimed at a more general audience than mine are, and that they can be just as relevant in Canada as in Texas.

    But with Austin gardeners, trees and plants as the subjects of my songs and pipe-dream play, I guess staying right here will work better for me!

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

    PS We in the garden blogger world know a little about Nova Scotia because some wonderful Garden Bloggers live there and talk about their home.

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    On 3 October 2008 at 4:29 pm Jannie said, 

    Thanks for stopping by, Annie. I like your beautiful blog a lot, it looks like you’ve got a lot going for you and I’d love to have a listen to your botanically-based songs some time. Don’t be too quick to judge them as being too specific – you never know! The reason I’m writing a musical around my songs is they are pretty specific too. Can’t fit them into Nashville so I’m fitting them into something that works best for me!

    I’m jazzed about said musical, got some good ideas on the plot-line today. Parts of it are still nebulous but my ah-ha! moment today was deciding it’ll be set at an outdoor cafe. Yay!

    Best to you.
    Jannie

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    On 2 December 2008 at 3:12 am jim kelly said, 

    It was his hometown team on Monday Night Football and the most important game of the season for the Buffalo Bills. Was there any doubt that strong safety Donte Whitner would play? Well, yes. Whitner is less than two weeks removed from a

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