https://haligonia.ca Halifax's most followed info source Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:39:46 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://haligonia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.jpg https://haligonia.ca 32 32 https://haligonia.ca/series-ously-good-mysteries-december-2015-121857/ https://haligonia.ca/series-ously-good-mysteries-december-2015-121857/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://haligonia.ca/?guid=253ae43a0774ce9e94314d1a7c726fb6 If you are looking for new Christmas themed titles in your favorite mystery series, please see my post for last month. Most of them were published in November. Only one squeaked by into December.That is Ornaments of Death by Jane. L. Cleland, the tenth title in the Josie Prescott mystery . ... More]]> https://haligonia.ca/series-ously-good-mysteries-december-2015-121857/feed/ 0 https://haligonia.ca/december-books-to-watch-for-121859/ https://haligonia.ca/december-books-to-watch-for-121859/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://haligonia.ca/?guid=03d37e8cb892103bfe6ac8ff30e61aa9 December is a strange month for publishing -- not quite the end of the year but many annual "best of" lists have already been decided, the big prizes have been given away, and although shoppers may be looking for holiday gifts, they're likely looking at the things that have caught . ... More]]> https://haligonia.ca/december-books-to-watch-for-121859/feed/ 0 https://haligonia.ca/happy-birthday-l-m-montgomery-121861/ https://haligonia.ca/happy-birthday-l-m-montgomery-121861/#respond Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://haligonia.ca/?guid=6ffe47822e04d8834ff7d8a1760ce41d On this day in 1874, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on Prince Edward Island. As a fellow Islander, I'm happy that such an incredibly talented author put PEI on the literary map. She is, of course, most famous for her novel Anne of Green Gables about that red-haired orphan, but . ... More]]> https://haligonia.ca/happy-birthday-l-m-montgomery-121861/feed/ 0 https://haligonia.ca/then-and-now-dreaming-of-the-past-121863/ https://haligonia.ca/then-and-now-dreaming-of-the-past-121863/#respond Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://haligonia.ca/?guid=cb9f62f6bc442da53b346adf35c17bff Since childhood, I’ve loved to spend hours sitting and walking by myself while imagining the many individual experiences that took place on the same ground that I am now on. An old mossy foundation, a path by the shore or a historic property in Downtown Halifax can provide me with . ... More]]> https://haligonia.ca/then-and-now-dreaming-of-the-past-121863/feed/ 0 https://haligonia.ca/the-house-we-grew-up-in-by-lisa-jewell-121865/ https://haligonia.ca/the-house-we-grew-up-in-by-lisa-jewell-121865/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2015 10:00:00 +0000 http://haligonia.ca/?guid=8b7a3dc5e54580d32d5ae45bc61b0513 Growing up, the Bird children have what can only be described as the perfect childhood. Living in an idyllic country home in the English Cotswold Village, their unique and happy-go-lucky mother, Lorelai, works to ensure that her children know they are surrounded by love and beauty and magic. This manifests . ... More]]> https://haligonia.ca/the-house-we-grew-up-in-by-lisa-jewell-121865/feed/ 0