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TIM MERRY
nova scotia
MAHONE BAY, LUNENBURG COUNTY
have jobs available in our economy and we have elders actively
supporting the next generation. It’s all here. Right now.
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then follow them forward with a next step. More from the diary:
“I want to be involved in creating the new, set the new patterns,
experiment on the edge of human potential. I do not want some
hippy commune; it has to be REAL, rooted in the real problems
of the world, working together with local community. So much of
what is happening in the world leaves people feeling powerless.
What would it mean for us to create a place which restored
people’s sense of dignity and power? A place that makes visible
peoples’ greatness to themselves and their communities.”
I want my kids to grow up in a place as unpolluted as possible
by all the bullshit in the world. But not cut off, not a separate
little haven, a place which learns through its dealing with the
larger world. A place which learns by meeting the madness
and using it as a mirror for its own growth. Learning from the
faults of the larger world, to create a different pattern. Today,
I am firmly planted in Lunenburg County. I have created a life
that’s beginning to reflect the aspirations of my diary. Both my
wife Kate and I are able to work from home. Kate, has a thriving
accounting business while today, I am working and collaborating
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It is all very aspirational isn’t it? Maybe even a bit naive? As
I read these diaries now I realize that I have had much of my
vision tempered by the reality of trying to get change done in
a pretty conservative province. However, I can’t help but find
a part of me stirring in response to my younger voice. That,
in essence, what I was pointing at here, is true and good. We
do have an opportunity here in Lunenburg County that is not
afforded to many places. We are small enough and isolated
enough to do something audacious. Why not?
And why not start here in Lunenburg County? This incredible
gem of a place within the bounds of Nova Scotia. We are 47,000
people living and working within the inspiration of outstanding
natural beauty. I am surrounded daily by creative artists,
entrepreneurial business people, active community leaders and
deep spiritual practitioners. We have kids in our schools, we
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