tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029499223967412930.post3683038422832619187..comments2023-06-16T06:16:18.820-03:00Comments on Nova Scotia Island Journal: a road to the lighthouseAnne Yarbroughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172485529168900117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029499223967412930.post-87166561572316960842010-06-09T00:34:40.148-03:002010-06-09T00:34:40.148-03:00The isolation and intense physical labour is hard ...The isolation and intense physical labour is hard to imagine isn't it?Isolation today means nothing when you can turn a switch for light and get online as a social outlet at the flick of another switch.<br />I heard an elderly neighbour describing bringing his mom a battery radio for Christmas - he walked in to Kentville from a logging camp on the South Mountain with a friend from here, they bought the radio and the car battery to run it and set off walking to come up here to Hall's Harbour with darkness descending on Christmas Eve - a mickey of rum made the uphill 12 miles shorter and they arrived later that night a little the worse for wear. This was in the 1930's, not the 1830's. We've come a long way.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643680000059427128noreply@blogger.com