tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:40:00 +0000The journey, that is experiencing life's unfolding mystery, as seen for it's legacy, an inheritance - will we leave a pretty trail? - shared in the manner of my own discovery of self and place.http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/noreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)Blogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-6628830456940588527Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:56:00 +00002010-10-01T12:27:10.530-07:00The election results came as a bigger surprise than I might have expected. Many predicted the PC majority and yet there was an optimism needed to grow the fledgling Green party. We candidates knew it was just the start. Optimism was required in order to step up to the plate, but it leave a mild depression in the aftermath. If there was a hope in hell, it was a long stretch for me.Albert Riding's http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/10/learning-optimism-from-greens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-851773016684363864Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:07:00 +00002010-09-25T16:13:43.957-07:00The 57th New Brunswick General Election is upon us without a clear front runner and we've got lots to mull over about our future.Unprovoked, I’ve had long time faithful Liberals say they would vote Green. When a retired Albert resident who’s husband raised hogs and who’s family continued in the beef business had told me she’d vote Green or spoil her ballot, I decided I would see to it she had thehttp://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/tossing-your-vote-to-greens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-7047090755532263593Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +00002010-10-24T10:11:24.481-07:00Green partyFeedsHello! This is my first video post! I'll share this short video I made with footage I gathered when the NB Green Party gathered in Moncton to watch the CBC leaders debate. We hopped around 'Mainstreeting' with our special guest, Elizabeth May.Jack MacDougall, party leader, did very well in the debates.http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/green-wave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-2317149027350185082Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:19:00 +00002010-09-17T15:52:09.402-07:00I've been following the developments in the community of Penobsquis with interest. This is an unincorporated part of NB that is experiencing major growth with the expansion of Potash exploitation as well as the fast paced development of natural gas.This resource rich area is clearly undergoing the changes wrought by the mining and gas development. The truck traffic is enough to make you crazy if http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/concerned-rural-residents-of-nb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-5471008259051362592Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:55:00 +00002010-09-16T18:15:59.450-07:00communitieselectionfairfallruralReturning from Albert County Exhibition where I was given and took the opportunity to take the stage tonight makes me think of the greats I was in the company of.Rob Moore opened the fair, MLA Rob Moore, reps of municipal councils, Exhibition queen and Ms. NB, and candidates in the upcoming election. Each of us was there but for the NDP candidate, Tony Crandall. I met PANB candiate Lucy Rolfe, ofhttp://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/holding-ace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-8882402844140440683Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:07:00 +00002010-09-15T17:04:27.109-07:00communitiesculturefairfalldancesharvestagricultureruralIt's the time of year marked by the turning of the leaves and ushered in by the institution known as the Albert Cty. Ex.This 97th annual exhibition brings it another year closer to a tradition a century in age. Wow. That will be a milestone. And despite all the challenges for rural NB, it has held fast. It offers inspiration for hollowed out rural NB.Let the A.C.E. stand as testament to the http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/will-you-go-to-fair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-1075629332619362472Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:33:00 +00002010-09-15T17:09:22.769-07:00trekCardwellKingsloveI’ve lost someone. I’ve lost someone I want back so very badly. Not far from the dairy town is a small place called Picadilly that, for a landmark, has a mountain by the same name. This is her home. The Picadilly Road wraps around the mountain like I feel she winds around my heart. I’d like to tell you about part of my trip walking from Alma to Picadilly, some 50 km give or take a few, to see http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/sense-of-pace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-5800721318025453853Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:30:00 +00002010-09-17T10:19:49.466-07:00communitieselectionGreen partyI’m a candidate in the Albert riding for the Green party in the upcoming general election. I had been asked to run well in advance of the election at which time I had said I wouldn’t, as I wasn’t up to the task. That didn’t stop the party from pestering.I rescinded when party leader Jack MacDougal took up the campaign to bring me aboard. He’s a successful campaigner! With his blessing, I agreed http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/09/voters-in-albert-county-can-vote-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-9041272755239920443Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:46:00 +00002010-09-15T17:02:30.089-07:00develpmentcommunitiesdieselfrackingcarbonNew brunswickhydrofrackingnatural gasYvonne was puffing along triumphantly nearing the Chignecto coast as we ended the 2000k journey to VT. He seems to like sea level atmosphere.Before leaving NB, I gave as a birthday gift enough carbon credits for a trip to Chicago by plane. It’s not exact or even entirely serious, but there’s something to burning carbon neutral waste cooking oil that changes the name of the game. I ducked out of http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/08/going-for-broke-in-shale-gas-nb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-1081594394737968802Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:26:00 +00002010-08-23T11:27:29.463-07:00I feel as if I'm an imploding starI think somewhat that is's all of oursand to see all the time we're closer to the hourMakes me want to be your meteor shower.I feel inspiredand overtiredhopeful someday I won't need to be wiredThe cartoon expression of being miredthe hero is a little bit oven-firedBut if I were to be your imploding starWe might just find we' could see farMy inertia might be http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/08/can-i-be-your-imploding-star.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-755523178471919979Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:46:00 +00002010-08-23T11:49:40.126-07:00My father made an admission to me the other day that I am only beginning to try to appreciate. He said I've already become a better person than he. Do we struggle to be good people, to be human?Powerful words to recon with as I encounter challenges in relationships in particularly with one that's failing. I don't know what it is to be truly human and I fear what happens to men in Hobbes' state ofhttp://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/08/with-regard-to-humanity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-3660341365992769010Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:06:00 +00002010-09-15T13:06:57.787-07:00Like New Brunswick, place names in Minnesota including the state itself originate with first nations. Cree and other first people are mostly disappeared but their names remain.The plains of the mid-west USA retain a number of first Nations, or indians as a some prefer to call them, on and off reservation. We passed a reserve marked by a casino billboard where on the highway travelling west of http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/08/who-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-3638225482533574459Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:25:00 +00002010-01-26T13:17:11.525-08:00Thinking now of the kinds of questions we ask about personal challenges in our lives, it seems rare to be in the position of looking very broadly into the point of this existence - at least publicly.What goals do I have for a livelihood. What do I want in a partner. Who is your city? These questions tailor our choices and directions almost like a consumer makes shopping choices. Not to belittle http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2010/01/be-as-much-as-possible-non-subscriber.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897039228065996175.post-7440579066849261550Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:05:00 +00002009-12-21T18:11:19.502-08:00I'm experiencing an emergency of sorts. and I 've chosen to share it with you. It is this: the V.W. emergency asks of me to know what it is to be a good man. It responds to a need for growth. The self-concept must be explored in order to know what can make a man an island unto himself, a refuter of design, and to explore relationships and how a world view (and environs) can influence http://www.greensnaketrails.ca/2009/12/where-we-find-ourselves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Woolsey)