Jennifer Collins

All my family is here in St. John’s, so we are actually from town. One time I was in a taxi cab in Seattle and the driver said, “Oh Newfoundland, I know Newfoundland, what part of Newfoundland are you from?” and when I responded that I was from St John’s, the American cab driver said “Oh a real live townie.” So yeah, that’s me, and that’s my son, real live townies! We didn’t have a garden when I was growing up. We didn’t garden with my grandparents or parents. We just went to the supermarket...

A wise individual once said to me, “Buy land because God ain’t making any more of it.” Regardless of your religious beliefs, or unless you live next to an ocean with an erupting volcano, this statement is still true. It directly appeals to our archaic need for success – the more stuff I own, the happier and more successful I am! Now don’t get me wrong: it is nice to have things to pass down to your children. However, in spite of the belief that obtaining all these “things” is supposed to make...