Nova Scotia Connections

NOVA SCOTIA CONNECTIONS is an occasional series of essays by poet and independent scholar Sandra Barry, in which she discusses the profound and lasting ties Elizabeth Bishop maintained with her much-loved childhood home in Nova Scotia throughout her life and in many of her most significant poems and stories. Here are links to the posts made so far in this series:

February 12, 2010:    Nova Scotia Connections: "Miss Bishop, the Poet Laureate of Nova Scotia"

February 23, 2010:   Nova Scotia Connections: Sable Island

February 26, 2010:   Nova Scotia Connections: North Star
March 6, 2010:        Nova Scotia Connections -- Migration

March 27, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Christophian Literary Society

April 2, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Great Village School

April 7, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: "Nate" the Blacksmith

April 16, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Graves and Gwendolyns

April 23, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: What's in a Name?

April 30, 2010:     Nova Scotia connections: The War was on -- Part One

May 9, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: The War was on -- Part Two
May 21, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: "Large Bad Picture"
June 3, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Tradition and Mondernity
June 17, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: "In the Village" in The New Yorker
June 25, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: St. James Church
July 9, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Bulmer Family Bible
July 16, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Post Office
July 31, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Elmonte House
August 12, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Roads and Cars
August 20, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Artists in the House
September 3, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Picture Worth A Thousand Words
September 9, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Commemoration
October 4, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Fill a Gap with Words
October 9, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: The "Casabianca" Connections
October 13, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: "Deaths, deaths and..." numbers
October 22, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: "Everything and Anything"
November 1, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: The art of the home-made
November 8, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Ships that Pass
November 24, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Gasoline
December 12, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Christmas
December 30, 2010:     Nova Scotia Connections: Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia
February 3, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: Let the Celebrations Begin
February 11, 2011:     A Magical Night with Suzie, the Symphony and 3 Composers
February 26, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 1
February 27, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 2
February 28, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 3
March 1, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 4
March 2, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 5
March 7, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 6
March 8, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 7
March 9, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 8
March 10, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Poem: Reading "The Moose" -- Part 9
April 14, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Story: Reading "In the Village" -- Part 1
April 15, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Story: Reading "In the Village" -- Part 2
April 17, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Story: Reading "In the Village" -- Part 3
April 18, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Story: Reading "In the Village" -- Part 4
April 19, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Story: Reading "In the Village" -- Part 5
April 23, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: The Biography of a Story: Reading "In the Village" -- Part 6
November 3, 2011:     Nova Scotia Connections: Phyllis Sutherland In Memoriam
28 January 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Introduction
1 February 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: The Post Office and its Postmaster
6 February 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Dr. T.R. Johnson
10 February 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Fair and Square, the Provincial Election of June 20, 1916
17 February 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Rev. W. Murdoch Gillespie and the Presbyterian Church
24 February 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: The Bard of Great Village and the Christophian Literary Society
3 March 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Rev. F.G. Francis and the Baptist Church
6 March 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: The Blaikies, Ships and Cows, Cargoes and Cream
14 March 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: The Village Blacksmith
19 March 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: The Red Cross
23 March 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Miss Eleanor Spencer, the Milliner/a>
27 March 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Commerce and Contemplaton, the Laytons and the Hills
1 April 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Great Village School
6 April 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Musical Notes, The MacLachlan Family
11 April 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Temperance societies
16 April 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Elmonte House
21 April 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Boy Scouts
29 April 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Home-Made, Domesticity
5 May 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: A Modern Age
10 May 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Business As Usual, Almost
19 May 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Coming and Going, Travellers
27 May 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: A Living from the Land Part 1
15 June 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: A Living from the Land Part 2
22 June 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: A Host of Pleasant Times
28 June 2012:     Nova Scotia Connections: A Day in the Life of Great Village, 21 June 1916: Neighbours, Communities Nearby