Why choose the harp as our logo? A young woman, pretty, lively, with a harp as elegant as herself; and both placed near a window, cut down to the ground, and opening on a little lawn, surrounded in the rich foliage of summer, was enough to catch any man’s heart. The season, the scene, the […]
Another world is not only possible. She is on her way. On aquiet day I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy There’s a good reason why “Think global, act local” is a popular idea: it’s the only possible way for us as individuals to counter our climate crisis. And for us as a human […]
Cultural Burns by Koren Smoke, Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe Kwe, Alderville First Nation, Illustrator for ReReading Catharine Parr Traill: Stranging the Familiar (2022) by Dorothy Lander https://tryhealingarts.ca/product/book-rereading-cpt/ Posted by Dorothy Lander, co-publisher HARP the People’s Press: H-ealing A-rts R-econciling P-eoples I listened to Sunday Magazine on CBC radio with host Piya Chattopadhyay in conversation with environmental […]
What a difference a century makes! Meet the two men at the centre of the two photos illustrating support for innovation in health: William S. Archibald, the official photographer for the 1924 Antigonish Highland Games fundraiser for St. Martha’s Hospital, which raised $8000 – alumnus of St. Francis Xavier University, engineer, star figure skater, yachtsman […]
At the symbolic ground turning on July 5, 2024 at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, benefactor Dr. Victor Dahdaleh said this building will be the proof of the power of collaboration, and soon, he hopes the start of breakthrough victories and life-changing discoveries that will impact the region and help create a […]
Tommy Landry (1958-2024): His Legacy of Light In 2021, Tommy Landry, a core member of L’Arche Antigonish participated in Dorothy Lander’s Botanical Hands project. Tina Angustia presented Tommy with images of flowers from which to choose for Dorothy’s botanical collage, using a photo of his dominant hand as her canvas. Tommy nodded and smiled to […]
Posted by John Graham-Pole I don’t know when Dorothy and I became elders, but I’ll date it from our simultaneous retirement almost eighteen years ago. We’d first met in July, 2005, corresponded by email with growing frequency, then started phoning between Gainesville, Florida, and Antigonish, Nova Scotia, even more often. We used my work phone […]
Posted by Dorothy Lander: dorothy@tryhealingarts.ca The talented team at This is Marketing (https://www.thisismarketing.ca/) chose a unique colour palette to illuminate the HARP brand. The TiM team instructed Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole to scour their wardrobe for these colours during the photoshoot in our home as part of creating the new website of HARP The […]
L to R Clockwise: John Graham-Pole aged 2 on Mummy’s knee with sisters Elizabeth, Mary, and Jane, High Bickington, Devon, 1944; John and Bridget, Shands Hospital, University of Florida (UF); John and Roddy, Shands UF; John arm-wrestling with Jarrad after surgery, Shands UF. Posted by John Graham-Pole For a caregiver to know if something is […]
Posted by Dorothy Lander Once a month, John Graham-Pole and I showcase the publications of HARP The People’s Press at the Antigonish Farmer’s Market. Ken Kingston, the news anchor at 98.9 xfm (CJFX), stopped by and we congratulated him on his recent well-deserved award from Theatre Antigonish, The Father Cyril Bauer Award. Ken and I […]
