I read today, an article in the ‘Inside Labrador’ Supplement of the Downhome Life Magazine. It was about me…or really more about us.  I have to say I am humbled by the kind words I saw printed on the page. This is not something I am used to, this ‘seeing my name in print’…it’s a little weird and somewhat unnerving!

I can provide a bit of a back story here. A bit before the end of last year a gentleman named Grant Loveys asked if he could interview me regarding Sculpin Tickle. He wanted to do the article for an upcoming issue. We met at East Side Mario’s and over a couple of beers I brought him up to speed on what I’ve been doing (I barely noticed the little digital recorder taking in everything I was saying!). I was only too happy to do so, as speaking about my ol’ hometown and friends are topics near to my heart. We spoke of many things. By the time the interview was over I’d covered fifty-odd years of history and opinions, feelings, observations and many, many stories. From that meeting Grant managed to piece together a rather flattering discourse on his interpretation of my [our] experiences being raised in the hinterland of Western Labrador.

Afterwards, I realized that I had painted a pretty rosy picture of Lab West in the early days, which for the most part it was, but there was also a downside, as there nearly always is. I felt I should call Grant up and add a few things but life once again got in the way and the call was never made.

That leads me to now. From here on in I’m going to put in some of the ‘not so rosy’ things that I remember as well. Also, Sculpin Tickle is not going to be an everyday item any more. It just got to be too much to take on at this point in my life! After all, my underlying purpose is to try and teach myself some simple web skills…and so, with great thanks to all, please come visit the site, leave a comment and have a nice day!