I've just returned from a business trip in Quebec City on Aboriginal Tourism. So great. It was so cool being at a conference where I was part of the crowd, the discussion....not just there cause one or both of my parents had to attend. LOL I feel like such a grown up now.....networking, handing out business cards. So exciting. I landed safe and sound late Wednesday night and then woke up to the most amazing Thursday.
I had the rare opportunity to spend an hour with Ruth Whitehead going through the artifacts that the Nova Scotia Museum has in storage. For those of you who don't know, Ruth had devoted about 40 years of her life to studying Mi'kmaw History and has been a curator for the NS family of museums and had published many books on the topic. I got to see up close and personal (not behind a glass barrier) Mi'kmaw basketry, quillwork, and birchbark items dating back some 200 years. AMAZING is the only thing I could say. I know, some may think I'm a total geek....but it is an incredible feeling to be standing in the presence of so much history knowing that these things were made by my ancestors and are even more beautiful up close then one would ever imagine.
Other than that....when I'm not emmersed in something tourism related, then I'm apparently living up to my new name as Truro's bar star and I'm partying it up at Chevy's. LOL.....gotta keep life entertaining in this quiet town. And don't you worry your little heart....I've been doing a friggin good job of keeping it entertaining....just ask my friend Christa...she could probably write a novel at this point in the game! LOL.....ciao amigo!
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