Port Mouton may mean Port 'Sheep' en franςais but this South Shore village's true calling has always been seafood. In 1965, the United Church Women put out an autographed album of recipes, for all your maritime cooking and baking needs. March may not be lobster season...

I always get a big kick out of the number of drawings I find in church minute books. Not surprisingly, the majority of these doodles are usually found in the books of  youth groups where the minutes were recorded by the youth themselves. The drawings below, however,...

In these bleary winter months, there's nothing better than some good ol' fashioned comfort food circa 1915 style. I'm talking macaroni and cheese kind of comfort food because nothing and I mean nothing beats that combination of cheese and pasta.  And that's where The...

Ok, so maybe it's not the happiest Valentine's Day poem out there but there is no denying it's kinda romantic and it does include the word love a couple times. Plus, every good Valentine's Day poem should include a reference to the harp, right? We can't be too picky...

As I was going through some records the other day I stumbled across this little gem. I know square dancing is not as popular as it used to be but there are at least three reasons why you should give it a chance: 1) It seems like a lot of fun 2) The outfits are pretty...

Many of the records at the Maritime Conference Archives are minutes from various church bodies. These minutes certainly tell us a lot about the work and activity of a church but it's hard to find out more about the people themselves. Every once in a while, however, we...

The benefits of an apple-based diet, lost articles and events that are not to be missed. The Pepper Box Classifieds has it all.  

This is from a daily devotional book entitled "A Golden Treasury for the Children of God, Whose Treasure is in Heaven." It was published by R. Spence in 1783 (i.e. a really long time ago!). Here's the devotion for January 6. In case you are wondering what "poffible"...

To kick off 2014, here's a page from a 1915 calendar which was produced by the Hampton (NB) Methodist Church. As  you can see, the calendar has lots of inspirational quotes to get you through the first two weeks of the year: