Steve Skafte
@steveskafte.bsky.social
Ardent explorer of misplaced memories. Uninterrupted daily journal since 2007. These are excerpts from the full posts on Instagram, Facebook, Patreon, and Substack.
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STANDS ON STUMPS
I found the sawdust city
it was ashes of the forest coming down
it had all my favourite sounds
chainsaws and screaming
as the canopy was leaving
and a can... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
I found the sawdust city
it was ashes of the forest coming down
it had all my favourite sounds
chainsaws and screaming
as the canopy was leaving
and a can... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
STANDS ON STUMPS
I found the sawdust city
it was ashes of the forest coming down
it had all my favourite sounds
chainsaws and screaming
as the canopy was leaving
and a can... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
I found the sawdust city
it was ashes of the forest coming down
it had all my favourite sounds
chainsaws and screaming
as the canopy was leaving
and a can... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
FACE ON RETURN —— You'll rarely find an abandoned cabin without bullet holes. It's almost expected that someone will fire off a few potshots in passing. But these five are... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
January 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
FACE ON RETURN —— You'll rarely find an abandoned cabin without bullet holes. It's almost expected that someone will fire off a few potshots in passing. But these five are... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
January 17, 2026
Young's Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6642 of my daily journal.
DRAWN AND QUARTERED
I was
discovered
like a starlet
on a stool at a diner
waitin' for her big break
they said: "you'll know you made it
when you wake up
and you're broke"... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 16, 2026
Forest Glade, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6641 of my daily journal.
I was
discovered
like a starlet
on a stool at a diner
waitin' for her big break
they said: "you'll know you made it
when you wake up
and you're broke"... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 16, 2026
Forest Glade, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6641 of my daily journal.
January 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
DRAWN AND QUARTERED
I was
discovered
like a starlet
on a stool at a diner
waitin' for her big break
they said: "you'll know you made it
when you wake up
and you're broke"... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 16, 2026
Forest Glade, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6641 of my daily journal.
I was
discovered
like a starlet
on a stool at a diner
waitin' for her big break
they said: "you'll know you made it
when you wake up
and you're broke"... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 16, 2026
Forest Glade, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6641 of my daily journal.
RANDOM NOTIONS —— Winter in a summer town can sure get sleepy. Digby relies heavily on tourist traffic, even when it's just folks from elsewhere in the province. We're all less like... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 15, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6640 of my daily journal.
January 15, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6640 of my daily journal.
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
RANDOM NOTIONS —— Winter in a summer town can sure get sleepy. Digby relies heavily on tourist traffic, even when it's just folks from elsewhere in the province. We're all less like... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 15, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6640 of my daily journal.
January 15, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6640 of my daily journal.
I often get a question I never expected: “Who takes your photos?” Well, that’d be me. It’s always only been me. But I do appreciate the amusing implication that some secretive anonymous photographer has been helping me out for 18 years.
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I often get a question I never expected: “Who takes your photos?” Well, that’d be me. It’s always only been me. But I do appreciate the amusing implication that some secretive anonymous photographer has been helping me out for 18 years.
THE VIEW —— This is a town I've loved all my life, though it's made it hard at times. Back when I worked for the cable company, I was probably inside at least half the houses and... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM
THE VIEW —— This is a town I've loved all my life, though it's made it hard at times. Back when I worked for the cable company, I was probably inside at least half the houses and... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
THE FISHING
all my life,
the old folks
have been saying:
"...the fishing isn't what it was"
but it hasn't been
since before I was born
so I think they could use
a new thing to... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
all my life,
the old folks
have been saying:
"...the fishing isn't what it was"
but it hasn't been
since before I was born
so I think they could use
a new thing to... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
THE FISHING
all my life,
the old folks
have been saying:
"...the fishing isn't what it was"
but it hasn't been
since before I was born
so I think they could use
a new thing to... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
all my life,
the old folks
have been saying:
"...the fishing isn't what it was"
but it hasn't been
since before I was born
so I think they could use
a new thing to... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 14, 2026
Digby, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6639 of my daily journal.
CHOSEN OVER —— There's an old folk song from about three hundred years ago called "Am I Born to Die?". It's often on my mind when I'm walking these clifftops. Close to the edge is... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
CHOSEN OVER —— There's an old folk song from about three hundred years ago called "Am I Born to Die?". It's often on my mind when I'm walking these clifftops. Close to the edge is... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
TO BE BORING —— It's hard to tell what's straight when everything leans to the south. Steady breezes off Fundy tilt in time with growth, scraggly evergreens bent to the will of... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM
TO BE BORING —— It's hard to tell what's straight when everything leans to the south. Steady breezes off Fundy tilt in time with growth, scraggly evergreens bent to the will of... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
January 13, 2026
Morden, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6638 of my daily journal.
PASSIVE IMAGINATION —— The one thing I don't miss about childhood is the sleeplessness. I spent hours awake for years on end, and it all blurred together. That was my... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
PASSIVE IMAGINATION —— The one thing I don't miss about childhood is the sleeplessness. I spent hours awake for years on end, and it all blurred together. That was my... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
STILL CONSUMES —— What the midwinter melt doesn't touch will help the next freeze claiming back. All those built-up borders slowly spilled over, holding fast for the next... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
STILL CONSUMES —— What the midwinter melt doesn't touch will help the next freeze claiming back. All those built-up borders slowly spilled over, holding fast for the next... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
January 12, 2026
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6637 of my daily journal.
THE WANDERING —— Do dreams get in the way of plans? I wonder. The woods are scattered with half-baked homesteads, most unfinished or abandoned after the first hard winter. I'm... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 11, 2026
Karsdale, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026
Karsdale, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
THE WANDERING —— Do dreams get in the way of plans? I wonder. The woods are scattered with half-baked homesteads, most unfinished or abandoned after the first hard winter. I'm... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 11, 2026
Karsdale, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026
Karsdale, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
NEXT SPARK —— I'm sure the most precarious paved road I know is this one by the Victoria Beach lighthouse. Even the slightest hint of ice could send you hopelessly hurtling... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 11, 2026
Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026
Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
NEXT SPARK —— I'm sure the most precarious paved road I know is this one by the Victoria Beach lighthouse. Even the slightest hint of ice could send you hopelessly hurtling... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 11, 2026
Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026
Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6636 of my daily journal.
KNOW TOO FAR —— Down on the shores of Minas Basin, in the sandstone land of Medford, the coast is constantly reforming. That former arch in the distance has fallen through... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
KNOW TOO FAR —— Down on the shores of Minas Basin, in the sandstone land of Medford, the coast is constantly reforming. That former arch in the distance has fallen through... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
AIN'T I A MAN? —— All my life, I've endeavored to escape definitions of what makes a man. If men are expected to be emotionally restrained, that can't be me. All my feelings... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AIN'T I A MAN? —— All my life, I've endeavored to escape definitions of what makes a man. If men are expected to be emotionally restrained, that can't be me. All my feelings... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
January 10, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6635 of my daily journal.
BIG CHANGERS —— For most folks, a desire for drama will destroy them. What I call adventure is never something that puts me at real risk, like scaling a mountain or visiting a war... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
BIG CHANGERS —— For most folks, a desire for drama will destroy them. What I call adventure is never something that puts me at real risk, like scaling a mountain or visiting a war... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
YOU IS NO ONE —— Rainbow in the rock is much more vibrant under water. All the flat grey shades of stone by the sea spark up something pretty when the tide stumbles home. Fissures... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
YOU IS NO ONE —— Rainbow in the rock is much more vibrant under water. All the flat grey shades of stone by the sea spark up something pretty when the tide stumbles home. Fissures... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
January 9, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6634 of my daily journal.
LOSS OF LAND —— I guess I'm happiest in the late light. Honest demands under blue sky, yellow sun, and the red soil of Blomidon country. Sleepy stacks of sandstone always... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 8, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
January 8, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
LOSS OF LAND —— I guess I'm happiest in the late light. Honest demands under blue sky, yellow sun, and the red soil of Blomidon country. Sleepy stacks of sandstone always... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 8, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
January 8, 2026
North Medford, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
LIGHT IN THE HAYFIELD —— On a body of water so narrow and relatively devoid of danger as the Habitant River, you really wouldn't expect such a beacon was necessary. This unusual... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 8, 2026
Canning, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
January 8, 2026
Canning, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
LIGHT IN THE HAYFIELD —— On a body of water so narrow and relatively devoid of danger as the Habitant River, you really wouldn't expect such a beacon was necessary. This unusual... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 8, 2026
Canning, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
January 8, 2026
Canning, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6633 of my daily journal.
THE LIFE OF A TRAIN WITHOUT A TRACK —— Some say that Bridgetown, Nova Scotia was named by a sailor, in honour of the eponymous city in Barbados. Others claim its name came more obviously, simply by being a crossing of the Annapolis River. History never real... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
THE LIFE OF A TRAIN WITHOUT A TRACK —— Some say that Bridgetown, Nova Scotia was named by a sailor, in honour of the eponymous city in Barbados. Others claim its name came more obviously, simply by being a crossing of the Annapolis River. History never real... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
MIND HOPES —— The shelter of Sandy Cove turns somewhat against itself now, shallow and stillness encouraging ice. I stand on the shore with the shards as rain rails down steady... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 7, 2026
Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6632 of my daily journal.
January 7, 2026
Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6632 of my daily journal.
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
MIND HOPES —— The shelter of Sandy Cove turns somewhat against itself now, shallow and stillness encouraging ice. I stand on the shore with the shards as rain rails down steady... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 7, 2026
Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6632 of my daily journal.
January 7, 2026
Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6632 of my daily journal.
PAUSE AND HAUNT —— The parks at Upper Clements had been there forever, I thought. Generations, surely. When you're young, you naturally assume that everything before your... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
PAUSE AND HAUNT —— The parks at Upper Clements had been there forever, I thought. Generations, surely. When you're young, you naturally assume that everything before your... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
RAW RECAPTURE
when you're a boy
no matter how ordinary
everywhere you haven't been
is an adventure
and all that came
before your birth
is equally ancient history
all... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
when you're a boy
no matter how ordinary
everywhere you haven't been
is an adventure
and all that came
before your birth
is equally ancient history
all... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
RAW RECAPTURE
when you're a boy
no matter how ordinary
everywhere you haven't been
is an adventure
and all that came
before your birth
is equally ancient history
all... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
when you're a boy
no matter how ordinary
everywhere you haven't been
is an adventure
and all that came
before your birth
is equally ancient history
all... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 6, 2026
Upper Clements, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6631 of my daily journal.
OPTED OUT —— The day before a midwinter melt seems shy with expectation. Just when my surroundings are feeling too familiar, some shift in the weather to shake things up. Ice is... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 5, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6630 of my daily journal.
January 5, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6630 of my daily journal.
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
OPTED OUT —— The day before a midwinter melt seems shy with expectation. Just when my surroundings are feeling too familiar, some shift in the weather to shake things up. Ice is... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 5, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6630 of my daily journal.
January 5, 2026
Outram, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6630 of my daily journal.
EFFORT ALONE —— There's a world behind a waterfall, I think. An imaginary place in the sense that its existence depends on seasons. Now, it's a room I inhabit with walls of... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 4, 2026
St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6629 of my daily journal.
January 4, 2026
St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6629 of my daily journal.
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
EFFORT ALONE —— There's a world behind a waterfall, I think. An imaginary place in the sense that its existence depends on seasons. Now, it's a room I inhabit with walls of... [Read More: IG, FB, Patreon, Substack]
January 4, 2026
St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6629 of my daily journal.
January 4, 2026
St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia
Year 19, Day 6629 of my daily journal.