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            style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-language:JA">Join us
            for a weekend honing your writing skills with author and
            ecologist Soren Bondrup-Neilsen at the Harrison Lewis Centre
            on Nova Scotia’s beautiful South Shore. A weekend of honing
            your writing skills, friendship, thoughtful sharing of ideas
            and insights, good food, and learning to open your eyes and
            your mind to the natural world around us.<o:p></o:p></span></big></big></p>
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            Bondrup-Neilsen (</span><a href="http://www.bondrup.com/"><span
              style="font-family:Times; mso-fareast-language:JA">http://www.bondrup.com/</span></a><span
            style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-language:JA">) is an
            ecologist who teaches at Acadia University. As well as being
            his profession, most of his personal interests involve
            nature. He is the author of four books – <b>Merging:
              Contemplations of Farming and Ecology from Horseback; A
              sound like water dripping: In search of the Boreal Owl;
              Winter Nature: Common Mammals, Birds, Trees and Shrubs of
              the Maritimes; Winter on Diamond: An encounter with the
              Temagami Wilderness.</b><o:p></o:p></span></big></big></p>
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            The writers’ weekend will include nature walks to discover
            and understand our surroundings, followed by individual
            writing time, and gathering as a group to share and discuss
            the participants’ work. Instructor's fee, accommodation, and
            meals prepared from local, fresh ingredients are included in
            the cost.  <br>
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          Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
            href="mailto:HLC@eastlink.ca">HLC@eastlink.ca</a> or phone
          902-541-0336 for more information.</span></big></big>
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Anne Gray
Harrison Lewis Coastal Discovery Centre
339 Sandy Bay Rd 
RR 1 Port Joli NS B0T 1S0
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