Some of the things I love about Downhome: The one special thing that I loved was my mother’s Sunday dinner, all vegetables boiled in a large boiler with peas pudding and usually a wild bird baked in the oven. Later year’s roast of beef. Skating on Ship Cove Lake after dark. Using an axe to…
Adventures of 13-14-Year-Old Josiah Porter Born in Hibbs Cove, NL, July 2, 1928 In 1941, I was in high school at Port de Grave. World War II was raging, and many local fishermen went to work on various US military bases in Newfoundland. My dad, Walter, obtained employment at the US Naval Base in Argentia….
A Time to Remember A memorable vacation back home in July of 1979, a fishing trip with my dad, Walter Porter of Hibb’s Cove, Conception Bay. Early one morning in my dad’s small wooden punt, with a slightly westerly breeze blowing offshore, we headed to one of his favourite spots, on the Outer Ledge. We…
