The community is mourning the passing of friend and neighbour, Justice David Marshall. Known best to many as Doctor Marshall, the Dunnville native practiced medicine in Cayuga for many years, also on the Six Nations Reserve where he was named an honorary chief. He held degrees in both medicine and law, eventually teaching criminal law at Windsor University. The author of several books and articles, Doctor Marshall presided as judge in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon and most recently in the Cayuga courthouse.
Doctor Marshall was recently appointed Colonel Commandant of the Medical Branch of the Canadian Armed Forces, liaison with the British Royal Family.
We extend our sincerest condolences to Mrs. Marshall and to her family.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Maddalena Ruggiero
The Neat Little Bookshop is proud to present the work of Maddalena Ruggiero. Her photographic studies of abandoned sites across Ontario draw admirers into spaces long ago forgotten ~ yet hauntingly alive.
"There is something fascinating about the state of decay, the silence and peace that resonates in the space and the existing footsteps and memories of the past," said Ruggiero.
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design with a BA in Photographic Studies, Ruggiero lives in Toronto, Ontario.
The lady at the Tim Horton's take-out window is telling me that she cannot take my money. Puzzled, I hesitantly accept the change that she is offering me. I also get change?
There are days that ~ for whatever reason ~ it requires extra discipline to show up for work. Today was one of those days. With the Christmas season fast upon us, comes the various festive events, the extra baking and the gift-giving. It is easy to become overwhelmed. It takes a strong person to decline invitations and keep things simple ~ and to get one's sleep! In all the years of retailing, I have offered these few simple words to tired shoppers, "I think we try to do too much." Without exception, the response is always the same -- a huge sigh and hopefully a recognition of how we can step back and look at the big picture.
Someone ahead of me in the long line-up this morning at Tim Horton's had paid in advance for my order. This single spontaneous act of kindness renewed my appreciation for yet another precious new day. Bless you, dear friend!
There are days that ~ for whatever reason ~ it requires extra discipline to show up for work. Today was one of those days. With the Christmas season fast upon us, comes the various festive events, the extra baking and the gift-giving. It is easy to become overwhelmed. It takes a strong person to decline invitations and keep things simple ~ and to get one's sleep! In all the years of retailing, I have offered these few simple words to tired shoppers, "I think we try to do too much." Without exception, the response is always the same -- a huge sigh and hopefully a recognition of how we can step back and look at the big picture.
Someone ahead of me in the long line-up this morning at Tim Horton's had paid in advance for my order. This single spontaneous act of kindness renewed my appreciation for yet another precious new day. Bless you, dear friend!
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