Spring 2011 (13)
Highlights:
Golf Mini Feature
RawlinsCross
Sean McCann
Appalacia
Isle of Tory
Dunvegan, Nova Scotia: quietly tucked along Cape Breton’s Western shoreline, it hardly seems the place to foster literary genius, but looks can be deceptive.
Ruidhl’ an Fhìdhleir - Fiddler’s Reel.
Standing on top of a mountain in the Cape Breton Highlands, wearing three-inch silver stilettos and a long white gown, the wind in my hair, I felt radiant. Clear blue sky above, sparkling sea below and rolling hills of green surrounded us. “This is a magical place,” said a middle-aged woman sitting on a bench near me, and in that moment I believed her.
Rawlins Cross Reunites to Tour Atlantic Canada and Release Heart Head Hands
Shamrocks in a Sea of Country & Western Tunes and Southern-Fried Rock
Look to the northwest of Spain, just north of Portugal, and south of the Bay of Biscay. There you will find Spanish Galicia. Are the people who live here the remnants of a Celtic people, pushed by conquering Roman legions until their backs were to the sea?
Warming Words for a Late Winter’s Night
Celtic Life on Tory Island
To tourists, Loch Ken is a sliver of water, 16 km long, running through some of the finest scenery Dumfries and Galloway in the Scottish Lowlands has to offer. For locals, it is an area known for great sailing and fishing. It was the home of the largest pike ever caught — a whopping 72 lbs and over 7 feet in length, reeled in by the local gameskeeper in the 18th century. But the great success story is that in the skies above the loch, the Red Kites have returned.
The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf
Spring 2011 - Sports / Golf / Written by thompson.alexa@gmail.com
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
— Mark Twain
Golf — an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle. — Unknown
