Note : Today is a Red Letter Day. One hundred and sixteen years ago the Silver Dart took flight over Baddeck Bay - the first flight in Canada. Sixteen years ago, we all celebrated the Centennial. This blog post is a compilation of my experiences during that wonderful year. The Silver Dart takes flight over Baddeck Bay, February 1909. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, BADDECK, N.S.  He stands amid those gathered, graciously nodding at thei

If you have travelled along the Bay Road (Route 205) just outside Baddeck, you likely have noticed a log home shrouded in trees, nestled between the roadway and the bay. There is something unusual about the building that is not quite easy to define. It is an old log home, and it seems slightly out of place, yet perfectly suited in its surroundings. Kennan's home on the Bay Road. I always knew it as McCurdy’s place – that’s how my in-laws referred to it – the home of JAD McCur

I stood outside and watched the Northern Lights flow across the sky like a white river. I heard myself gasp when I saw a splotch of green that seemed to wave at me, and I smiled when a starburst of red expanded across the cosmos. As I headed back into the warmth of the house, my brain brought forth a long-forgotten snippet of something I had read years ago. “ Fine display of Aurora Borealis visible here.”   I could see the old-timey typewritten words clearly in my mind. I kne