Bho chionn beagan bhliadhnaichean chaidh làrach lìn a chuir air bonn, "Cainnt Mo Mhàthar". Rùnaich grunn de dhaoine gum biodh e feumail cainnt agus cuimhneachan nan seann daoine Ghàidealach ann an Ceap Breatainn a ghléidheadh do na linntean ri teachd. Nach ann ceart a bha iad!

Winter has come to an end. This is the first post "from away."  I will struggle to capture for you what it is like to encounter Cape Breton Island, some 41 years ago for the first time, and what it is like to be completely enthralled for the last decade.