Taking Measure

Guest: Valerie Haig-Brown reads "On Making a Library" from October in Measure of the Year

Valerie Haig-Brown, the first born of the four children of Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown, joins host Dan MacLennan reflect on growing up at Above Tide, their family home in Campbell River - and shares with us what it was like in that magical cozy room lined with books and steeped in fond family memories.

You can link to the Haig-Brown House website here . There you'll find all kinds of goodies including historical photographs and information about how to experience the house and all it offers in person or virtually. Listen on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts.

Guest: Celia Haig-Brown reads "On Children" from July in Measure of the Year

Celia Haig-Brown, the youngest of the four children of Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown, joins host Dan MacLennan reflect on growing up at Above Tide, their family home in Campbell River - and reveals she didn't actually read Measure of the Year until well into adulthood - and was captivated!

You can link to the Haig-Brown House website here https://www.haig-brown.bc.ca. There, you'll find all kinds of goodies including historical photographs and information about how to experience the house and all it offers in person or virtually.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts.

Welcome to Taking Measure; a podcast series exploring Roderick Haig-Brown's 1950 classic work Measure of the Year: Reflections on home, family and a life fully lived.

In his book Measure of the Year, Haig-Brown presents a chapter for each month in the lives of the farm, his family, the community and the nature that surrounds them. We're going to bring you Haig-Brown in 12 parts through his book and through the eyes and voices of his four children and others who knew him well. We'll take a measure of the man through his Measure of the Year.