Comments on: A place to call home

By: Bookmarks about Geography

Bookmarks about Geography — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:16:14 +0000

[...] – bookmarked by 5 members originally found by jun9 on 2008-12-27 A place to call home http://eyegillian.wordpress.com/?p=98 – bookmarked by 5 members originally found by iaddict on [...]

By: Pre-boarding Blog « Voice of the Turtle

Pre-boarding Blog « Voice of the Turtle — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:14:53 +0000

[...] in the house E.g. and her siblings grew up in. If you’d like to see a picture of it, click here. We’ll be staying with E.g.’s parents, bopping around the town, going to a [...]

By: Jack's Mom

Jack's Mom — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:37:24 +0000

Missing you. Write some more please.

By: eyegillian

eyegillian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:40:56 +0000

With all that travelling in the east, I imagine coming “home” would have been linked with a strong emotion on seeing the English countryside again, Paula. Since both my parents are immigrants, I sometimes feel a bit jealous when friends tell me about the generations of family (and history) they have in a particular geographical location. On the other hand, knowing how to make a home, create a family and grow roots is a really useful survival tool. And I agree about the animals… now that we have a cat and two dogs!

Regarding place names, I er, um… I have to issue a retraction on the reference to Armpit. A coworker googled it the other day and told me it was a real place, but on checking I find it’s just a colloquial term, as in “Armpit, Saskatchewan”. Apparently, it’s also known as East Armpit, Left Armpit, and Gnat’s Armpit.

St.Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, however, is a real town in Quebec, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the possible origins of that name:
“There is much speculation as to what the “Ha! Ha!” refers to. The commission de toponymie asserts that it refers to nearby Lake Témiscouata, the sense of haha here being an archaic French word for an unexpected obstacle or abruptly ending path. The Louis may refer to Louis Marquis, one of the first colonists of the region”

By: lavenderbay

lavenderbay — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:08:05 +0000

Well, I was making up the sky colour, Alyson, but Conception Bay and Placentia Bay are both in southeastern Newfoundland. Placentia Bay is southwest of St. John’s, the provincial capital, and Conception Bay is just northwest of St. John’s.
BTW, The Canadian newsmagazine Maclean’s has regularly found Newfoundlanders to be at the top of the list in their annual province-by-province poll when it comes to… er, um… marital bliss, shall we say. It all works.