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Life lessons from Linda Brooks in her first book (Interview in The Chronicle Herald)

HEATHER LAURA CLARKE 
June 8, 2018

After years as a professional musician and hobby gardener, Bedford’s Linda Brooks says there came a point where the two intersected quite unexpectedly.

“I was coming out of the garden and feeling led straight to the computer to write essays,” says Brooks. “I’d never intended to write a book, but one day I had a lightbulb moment and realized my songs and my essays were all coming from the same place: my garden.”

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MUSIC/BOOK REVIEW OF THE DAY: LINDA BROOKS – ORCHESTRA IN MY GARDEN
By Bob Mersereau
May 1, 2018

I hadn’t heard from Bedford, Nova Scotia’s Linda Brooks in awhile, as her last album was a Christmas one, back in 2013. I was wondering where she had been, and as it turned out, she’d been in her garden. While you might think that she was avoiding music being there, as it turns out, all that digging, planting and nurturing was not only inspiring her creativity, it also has led directly to her latest album. And that album is not just music, it’s a unique creation that merges her passion for gardening, her writing, and her songs as well. It’s a multi-layered project, containing essays, photography and music all inspired by gardening, called Orchestra In My Garden: Lessons Learned From Digging Deep.

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