red door

I had a meeting in Saint John the other day. I passed by this church. The door invites me to enter, but the door is locked. It seems that all church doors are now locked. So no one can enter. This religion has closed up shop.

coatless in the city

Yesterday in Saint John I drove into an underground parking lot, left my coat and wandered through the city from "pedway" to "pedway", never going out of doors. These are two pictures that I took from a cafe table. I looked up to the municipal libray on the seecond floor and at some balloons high above me. I think that I shall have to go back and actually wander the streets and see the outside city.

to the city

It was a lovely sunny day and I drove into Saint John to be a tourist. I thought that if anyone ever came to visit me then I would know what to show them. Is anyone ever going to come to visit? This really isn't "The Drive-Through Province".

I went to the museum and was delighted that no admission is being charged for all of February (Better come soon.) I saw the mastodon skeleton. Threre used to be a lot of these beasts around here - but now they're extinct. What a loss! This is one of my particuler grievances. I want there to be mastodons in the woods. Perhaps it was climate change, but we know that the Clovis people hunted them, perhaps to extinction. They have found Clovis spear heads in the skeletons. So when I hear the First Nations folks talk about how they manage the natural resources, I want to reply "But what about the mastodons?"

Then I went to a bistro and had a wonderful full meal - calamaris - which I adore. After all this I found my way to the market and bought my supper and brought it home with me. Tomorrow it's back to work.

Reversing Falls

I had a breakfast meeting this morning in Saint John at the Reversing Falls Resaurant. I don't know this city so I googled my way there - but there seems to be a Bridge Street and Bridge Road. I circled through parts of Saint John that are not meant for tourist consumption - but at last I did end up at the meeting and then I went out to see the Falls. The high tide comes up the river at the point where the water is flowing through a gorge and over rapids - so when the tide comes in and the river water flows out there is a convergence and the water flows up river. I am alays drawn to watching energy in water.