Today I received a message from Kerr’s spouse, Darlene that Kerr had passed away yesterday, peacefully.
Kerr in 2013 making measurements on an old tidal mill on the Apple River that had recently been exposed by erosion of the salt marsh that had grown over it. View
Tidal Mills on the Apple River, Nova Scotia (YouTube Video)
A flood of memories filled my consciousness, very graphic in nature, of walking salt marshes and beaches and forests with Kerr, of listening to his detailed recounting of historic times at the places we passed through en-route to our walks which were always explorations, we rarely went anywhere without making a measurement or two, sometimes many…
My friendship with Kerr began circa 2004, in our “older days”. I have to say that in those days, there has been no one I have been more comfortable with and enjoyed more then Kerr, and together with my spouse Nina, the get-togethers with both Kerr and his spouse Darlene. We had so many good times and laughs and discussions together and shared much more. Not the least of the benefits, Nina and I got to know and love that very special part of Nova Scotia and the World, the Parrsboro Shore all the way up to Apple River. Continue reading
