Hey friends. I really am heading toward Central Blissville. Central Blissville is a tiny town in New Brunswick that a friend of mine told me about. It's just a little ways from St. John and is a collection of a few houses.
I will try to go there just so I can take a picture. I am heading further than that .. to a small village called Bear River. It's on a tidal river near Digby, Nova Scotia -- a dramatic little place where the river empties 30 feet of water twice a day. I'm going to this particular place because my wonderful friends Simone and Tim have offered me the use of a one bedroom studio for a month.
And it has a piano.
During my time away, I'm going play piano lots (WITHOUT sheet music in front of me so I can learn to improvise .. something I've always wanted to do better). I have a couple of audio pieces that I am working on, writing I want to do. And I also hope to learn more about film/video documentaries from my friend Tim Wilson who is a very talented producer of both radio and TV.
And I'm going to do a whole bunch of wandering around, breathe the clean salt air deeply, make lots of seafood chowder (because Digby is, after all, the the world capital of the inshore scallop fleet). But first, I am going to have a long, leisurely drive with my sister Cyndy, camping at places along the way and just taking our time and enjoying being on the road.
I'll be posting pictures (once I learn how to do it!) so you'll be able to see what I am up to. Please post comments and say hi to me along the way -- Bear River has a public internet site so there will be no shortage of wires to link me with my friends.
I'm leaving Saturday morning, so wish me bon voyage and blow me a kiss goodbye.
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