Bruce Bourque

Bruce Bourque retired in 2003 after thirty years with CBC's Here & Now. Free now to pursue an interest in writing, he writes articles for a historical quarterly about growing up in rural Nova Scotia in the '50s. His work has also appeared in Saltscapes. His regular column for the Indy is "a commentary on life in this place, and in this age. And AT this age". He does his best mental column-writing while fuming in endless checkout lines at poorly-run retail stores.

Posts


  • > Bluejays & the end of summer
    September 9, 2011
    It’s not autumn yet, but if you set your gaze on the eastern horizon, you can pick out the tops of her sails. Won’t be long now. Which was very much o... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.10
    August 17, 2011
    The summer of our discontent Okay. So this one’s pretty much a washout. There was a short period (mere hours) in July when I thought things had turned around... Read More

  • > VIDEO BLOG: A day in Cape Spear
    July 28, 2011
    On Tuesday, Bruce Bourque packed his video camera and took it with him for the day to Cape Spear, where he was greeted by a crowd - of whales. Press play on the... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.9
    July 22, 2011
    Annual Plants So far in this series, all the plants we’ve dealt with are annuals. An ‘annual’ is a plant like a pea or tomato that comes from a planted s... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.8
    July 8, 2011
    What a summer! June wasn’t pretty. At all. I had tomato seedlings in cell packs on my deck, awaiting transplanting, that got brown spots on their leaves and ... Read More

  • > VIDEO BLOG: The Caplin are Here
    June 29, 2011
    It's a strange phenomenon. Each summer some of our beaches become overrun with caplin. Not dozens, not hundreds, not thousands, but at least hundred of thousand... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.7
    June 28, 2011
    Composting If you’ve never heard the word, compost is just decomposed vegetable matter. Composting is the process whereby a specific type of decomposition is... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.6
    June 21, 2011
    Growing tomatoes Tomatoes are a sort of holy grail to gardeners. Perhaps it’s the colour, the juicy succulent wetness of them, the soft delicacy of the touch... Read More

  • > ATV death season
    June 17, 2011
    Well, we’re into a new death season. The snowmobile one is over, and we’re now into the ATV death season. Over the last few decades, we’ve become wealt... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.5
    June 8, 2011
    Plant nutrition In nature, as in your garden, plants get their moisture and nutritional elements from the soil. In the case of plants growing in the wild, we a... Read More

  • > Gas price rage
    June 3, 2011
    One of the truly disconcerting things about being on the wrong side of 60 is the memory of when things were way, way cheaper than they are now. Or at least they... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.4
    June 1, 2011
    Okay. We’re getting closer all the time. June is upon us. Some people are saying to hell with it, I’m getting my seeds into the ground, despite the fact tha... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.3
    May 27, 2011
    Unless you want to take risks with frost, in the St. John’s area you have to wait until mid-June to plant seeds outdoors in your garden or containers. And if ... Read More

  • > Memo to new NDP MPs
    May 20, 2011
    INTERNAL – CONFIDENTIAL First of all Proper dress for an MP on Parliament Hill is business attire. No denim. Gentlemen – no red or blue ties. Ladies – n... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.2
    May 16, 2011
    Assuming you’ve decided to give gardening a try, let’s talk about seeds and planting. It’s not critical where you buy your seeds. They’re available f... Read More

  • > VIDEO BLOG: Crows and peanuts
    May 12, 2011
    Crows love peanuts in the shell. I put them on my back deck, and crows, as well as bluejays, come and get them. I have an interesting video of a crow shelling... Read More

  • > Gardening 101.1
    May 10, 2011
    These days, there’s more talk of growing your own food because what could be more local than your backyard? There’s the organic thing too,  and again, what... Read More


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