The view from our balcony at an inn in Baddeck, overlooking Bras d'Or Lake
Top of the first hill we came to the next morning
Only shot of our photographer
The clouds coming over the mountains were blowing my mind.NOTE TO ALI: If we're going to do a series of these, you gotta get that sensor cleaned. I can colour-adjust everything at once, but all those spots have to be cleaned up one by one on every single frame!
I don't know why the really nice light in this picture gets lost once it's uploaded to Blogger.
A cute motel in Pleasant Bay, inexplicably painted to resemble a pro-life sign
View from the second night's inn in Chéticamp
The infamous Skyline Trail. Yikes!
Sure was windy.
4 comments:
Wow, beautiful photos...looks so very relaxing!
It was a definite highlight of my summer!
The only thing shocking about last week’s Big News is that you choose to write it on your public blog. These people, about whom you supposedly care so deeply, first hear your very personal story at the same time as the likes of me.
Can it really have bypassed your intelligent observation that it is the cultural norm for men to use their power, and powers of persuasion, to convince others that one romantic relationship is insufficient for them? The fact that you have wrapped your experience in this narrative of open, honest, loving communication only shifts you away from being a polygamist or an Italian lothario to something closer to a seedy, 1970s love guru. Your use of language and philosophical argument does not hide the fact that you are a man in your mid-40s who wants to put it around a bit. Cultural norm.
Polyamory hardly needs to be googled. The cheap tawdry magazines that scatter dentists’ and hairdressers’ waiting rooms regularly feature articles about polyamorous romance.
And the last cultural norm you have failed to notice is that monogamy fails. It happens everywhere, all the time, inside and outside of cultural, legal, religious, political barriers. What would have been truly alternative, what would have been glorious and beautiful and rare, is if you had lived a monogamous life with joy, to the end. But alas, you are just like the rest of us.
Hmm... If I wanted to read anonymous, misguided opinions, I'd subscribe to The Economist.
But seriously, you are my first troll, so thanks, I guess. You don't sound like anyone I actually know, or would want to know, even "barely," but that's OK. The purpose of this blog is not only to keep the people I care about up to date with my personal life, but also to share the intimate details of that life with anyone who happens to be interested in them.
The point being, I suppose, that I value transparency and intimacy across the board — not just with the people I know — as a way of promoting more general honesty and empathy. So when I say, "I'm telling you about all of this because I love you and want you to understand my life choices," I am including you in that love also. I love you, someone you barely know, even if I don't like you very much.
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