A frequent summer visitor to PEI, Barbara Palmer Rousseau experienced its true beauty when she moved from Ontario to the Island. At her cottage in St. Peters Harbour on the northeast shore, she learned the seasonal rhythms of spring peepers and barefoot beah walks, fall hurricanes and winter freeze-up. Her creativity returned as she began to sketch her fox family neighbours, the nearby dunes and the sand-locked lighthouse. Her essays reflect on the fluid nature of the shore and tell a story of adapation and hope. 

Author bio: Barbara Palmer Rousseau moved to Prince Edward Island in 2020 to return to school after a thirty-year career in Ottawa's software development industry. She is currenly completing a Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) at UPEI, studying the environmental history of the north shore dunes and the resulting implications for the future of the Island.