One of my Favorite Things

I know I am truly on vacation when I feel comfortable enough to go to bed with a book and feel I can read it in one sitting, figuratively anyway. Last night, I read this book-




and it was well worth the time up.

A Forest for Calum is a coming of age story, but it is more than that. It deals with the changes that "rural" communities on Cape Breton Island faced during the mid 20th century and how various characters from the fictional town of Shean dealt with these changes.

It speaks, in part, about art and what makes an artist, friendship and loyalty, and- if I may be so bold- the temporals and eternals of life. Or it is a good book and I should leave it at that. Besides, any book that includes Presbyterians just has to be good!

Later, Mushers!