About Darcy Rhyno
Darcy Rhyno is a magazine columnist, features writer and travel writer and photographer. His work has appears in Canadian Geographic Travel, Saltscapes and Coastal Discovery. He writes about interesting personalities, experiential travel, national parks and wilderness, ecological issues, culture and the arts among other things.
As a fiction writer, his collection of short fiction, Conductor of Waves, is set in a small fishing community in Canada. The Globe and Mail called it "a strikingly accomplished collection." His two novels for young adults will soon be published. His plays have been produced for the stage and for radio. He is now completing a second collection of short fiction and working on a novel. For most of his career, Darcy has worked in education and with children. He is a part-time instructor in the graduate program of the Faculty of Education at Mount St. Vincent University.
Too Close to Nature in Florida
Donning my mask and snorkel – a sight that draws guffaws from my family who are too intimidated to join me – I jump in and swim with small fish at the opening of the aquifer. But I dare not get too close – looking down the throat of a black, underwater cave undoes my courage.
Between Slavery and Freedom
On February 22, 2012, officials from all three levels of government gathered in a little church in Birchtown - a tiny village in Nova Scotia - to help Elizabeth Cromwell make a very big announcement. She’s waited decades for this moment. More … Read more →
How to Remake a Town, Part 2
The second half of the story of a tiny fishing town in Nova Scotia’s and how it stands as a lesson in community renewal. Revitalization Engines Following a couple of decades of decline, Lockeport is again in the midst of a broad-based renewal. All … Read more →
How to Remake a Town, Part 1
Bil Atwood, Project Manager for the Town of Lockeport, reluctantly poses for a photo in front of a major new construction project in Seacaps Park at the centre of town. He folds his arms and grumbles good-naturedly about being in the picture at all. … Read more →
Big Idea # 3: Peak Stuff
In 2006, Canadian musician Jane Siberry emptied her house and then sold it. She decomodified her life. In the process, she made herself a shining example of the “voluntary simplicity” movement. Her decision to shed all her possessions – … Read more →
The New Year’s Resolution, Part 2
I've resolved on New Year’s Eves of the past to exercise more, swear less, eat healthier, drink less, stay in closer touch with family and friends, spend less and save more for retirement, do more with the kids, finish the house we’re eternally … Read more →
The New Year’s Resolution, Part 1
Ah, there’s nothing so promising as the New Year’s resolution -- a better body, a better bank account, a better world. And nothing so daunting – working out, working harder, working for the common good. It’s a time for decision making and … Read more →
Holidays and Short Stories
I set out to write a novel, but it fractured into episodes. I fought this disintegration for a long time, trying in vain to hold the pieces together, convincing myself that I had failed to live up to my vision. Then one day I realized it wasn’t me, … Read more →
Holidays – A Book By Darcy Rhyno
In this themed collection of 13 short stories, Darcy Rhyno explores holidays – official and socially invented – as times when desires, motivations and relationships come into sharp focus. In this collection, holidays like Christmas, Labour Day, … Read more →
Nova Scotia Fishing Culture
Five years before the first permanent European settlers arrived in Lockeport, a lone man named Josiah Churchill set out from Liverpool in his small boat with little aboard but some fishing equipment and his pet pig. When he reached the island that is … Read more →
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