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| Lion Don Young |
Lion Don Removes the Cayuga Signs
Philosophical, Don talks about the passing years
and the end of an era.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Pauline Johnson wrote to her protege, August 2, 1911.
"Dearest little Tommy,
It is only a little note, darling, but I want you to know that I am thinking of you very lovingly, that I am hoping for you all that is good, and happy, and inspiring, and noble, and above all, humanizing. Love is hard to ensnare, hard to appropriate as one's own. I am so sure H. will make you happy if you will only leave yourself gently and sweetly in his hands. You looked so well today, so effectual. I was very proud of my little campmae of years ago, and someway or another I had a certain pride in H. too. He is very real, Tommy dear, very manly, and devoted. Try to make him happy as well as yourself. It is a poor rule that does not swing both ways. Good night dear old girl, and may all the happiness go forth to you that your first girlish idealization longed or wished for ~ and for my part ~ this. . ."
Her signature was blurred with tears. It was the closest she would ever come to expressing her regrets and her longings. For a brief moment she had let down the barriers."
Betty Keller, Pauline/ A biography of Pauline Johnson, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Toronto. 1981
Photo: lbwalker http://www.chiefswood.com/
"Dearest little Tommy,
It is only a little note, darling, but I want you to know that I am thinking of you very lovingly, that I am hoping for you all that is good, and happy, and inspiring, and noble, and above all, humanizing. Love is hard to ensnare, hard to appropriate as one's own. I am so sure H. will make you happy if you will only leave yourself gently and sweetly in his hands. You looked so well today, so effectual. I was very proud of my little campmae of years ago, and someway or another I had a certain pride in H. too. He is very real, Tommy dear, very manly, and devoted. Try to make him happy as well as yourself. It is a poor rule that does not swing both ways. Good night dear old girl, and may all the happiness go forth to you that your first girlish idealization longed or wished for ~ and for my part ~ this. . ."
Her signature was blurred with tears. It was the closest she would ever come to expressing her regrets and her longings. For a brief moment she had let down the barriers."
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| Chiefswood, Home of Pauline Johnson |
Photo: lbwalker http://www.chiefswood.com/
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Pauline Johnson ~ On Thursday, July 5, at 1:00 p.m.
Reading & Round Table Discussion on poet Pauline Johnson. Join John Passfield and friends in The Neat Little Bookshop for a fascinating study of the Canadian writer and performer.
". . . by the time she was eleven [Pauline} was allowed to go farther from home to explore the reserve. She was fascinated by the the Grand River which bisected the reserve and flowed right past the Johnson's front door.
"On this beautiful river, Pauline was now taught to paddle a canoe by her brothers, who were as skilled as any of their Mohawk neighbours. She soon knew every shallow and rapid on the river and paddled her single-blade canoe "Wildcat" as if she had been born on the water. . .for the rest of her life, canoeing was to be her special love and the means by which she increased her stamina."
~ Betty Keller, Pauline A Biography of Pauline Johnson, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 1981
http://www.chiefswood.com/
Photos: lbwalker
Reading & Round Table Discussion on poet Pauline Johnson. Join John Passfield and friends in The Neat Little Bookshop for a fascinating study of the Canadian writer and performer.
". . . by the time she was eleven [Pauline} was allowed to go farther from home to explore the reserve. She was fascinated by the the Grand River which bisected the reserve and flowed right past the Johnson's front door.
"On this beautiful river, Pauline was now taught to paddle a canoe by her brothers, who were as skilled as any of their Mohawk neighbours. She soon knew every shallow and rapid on the river and paddled her single-blade canoe "Wildcat" as if she had been born on the water. . .for the rest of her life, canoeing was to be her special love and the means by which she increased her stamina."
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http://www.chiefswood.com/
Photos: lbwalker
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Grand Attractions ~ Canoe Festival
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| Sterling of Moose Radio CKJN 92.9 |
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| http://www.moosefm.com/ |
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| David Wice |
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen-name, Mark Twain, was born in Missouri in 1835. His life was as adventurous as any character in a novel. Forced to leave school at the age of twelve when his father died, the young Sam worked as a journeyman printer, a gold prospector, a steam-boat pilot, a soldier, and finally, a journalist. Having dubbed himself "Mark Twain" ~ the cry of a river pilot signifying that the water is two fathoms deep ~ he found enormous success as a writer.
Among his most celebrated titles are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Tom Sawyer. Several generations later, referring to Tom Sawyer, Ernest Hemingway remarked, "All modern literature stems from this one book."
On Saturday, The Neat Little Bookshop will feature Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and his friend Tom Sawyer in the festival event "Grand Attractions," York, ON.
Among his most celebrated titles are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Tom Sawyer. Several generations later, referring to Tom Sawyer, Ernest Hemingway remarked, "All modern literature stems from this one book."
On Saturday, The Neat Little Bookshop will feature Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and his friend Tom Sawyer in the festival event "Grand Attractions," York, ON.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
*American actor Hal Holbrook (b. 1925) performed a one-man show about Mark Twain.
http://www.1000canoes.com/
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| York on The Grand River |
Be sure to come by the park in York on Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Neat Little Bookshop will be there on Huckleberry Finn's raft. Young Huck will be there with his friend, Tom, for Grand Attractions, the river festival ~ Day of 1000 Canoes.
Actor, Hal Holbrook,* was asked what makes the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, so powerful.
"It's the truth about what that society was like. It's a savage portrait. People think of Huckleberry Finn as a children's book. It's not. I mean, children understand it sometimes better than adults, because they don't complicate it. But it's a savage book about a certain society which produced some of the worst inequalities and brutalities that exist in our present society, and it's a truthful portrait."
~ Mark Twain An Illustrated Biography, G. Ward., D. Duncan, K. Burns, Knopf, 2001.
http://www.1000canoes.com/
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Reading Emily Dickinson ~
An afternoon of Round Table discussion and readings with Neil Paul.
Many of you know Neil from his years of teaching High School in the area. Others know Neil from his inspirational talks, including Canadian, Caledonia, ON. Please join us once again in The Neat Little Bookshop.
Photo: files, lbwalker (Remind us to get a new picture of Neil and Mrs. Huitema.)
An afternoon of Round Table discussion and readings with Neil Paul.
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| Neil Paul with Fan Mrs. Huitema |
Thursday, June 21, 1:00 p.m.
"Everyone Welcome"
"Everyone Welcome"
Photo: files, lbwalker (Remind us to get a new picture of Neil and Mrs. Huitema.)
To be reduced to a raft after hoping to sail a Viking Ship would be a let-down for The Neat Little Bookshop if it were not Huck Finn's raft! Hemingway once said that Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the best book ever written.
Author Mark Twain wrote:
"Ours is a useful trade, a worthy calling: with all its lightness and frivolity it has serious purpose, one aim, one specialty, and it is constant to it ~ the deriding of shams, the exposure of pretentious falsities, the laughing of stupid superstitions out of existence; and that whoso is by instinct engaged in this sort of warfare is the natural enemy of royalties, nobilities, privileges and all kindred swindles, and the natural friend of human rights and human liberties."
Day of 1000 Canoes dawns on Saturday, June 23. Visit our raft in York Park on the Grand. http://www.1000canoes.com/
Author Mark Twain wrote:
"Ours is a useful trade, a worthy calling: with all its lightness and frivolity it has serious purpose, one aim, one specialty, and it is constant to it ~ the deriding of shams, the exposure of pretentious falsities, the laughing of stupid superstitions out of existence; and that whoso is by instinct engaged in this sort of warfare is the natural enemy of royalties, nobilities, privileges and all kindred swindles, and the natural friend of human rights and human liberties."
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Solitude"To sit on rocks; to muse o'er flood and fell;
To slowly trace the forest's shady scene,
Where things that own not man's dominion dwell,
And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been!
To climb the trackless mountain all unseen,With the wild flock, that never need a fold,
Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean;
This is not solitude: 'tis but to hold
Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled."~ Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) British poet
Photo: Rock Glen Falls, Ontario. lbwalker
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Heritage Grand River ~
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| The New Dock Caledonia Fairgrounds |
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| Preparation for Day of 1000 Canoes http://www.1000canoes.com/ |
Viking Age Past ~
There are no Vikings. The Kingdom of Vikings does not exist in the Village of York, contrary to what we had hoped. Chieftains and noblemen are not native to Haldimand. The great Viking ships were built for oceanic voyages, used for warfare during times of conflict, and other times for trade and commerce ~ sometimes for exploration.
The Walker Viking Ship once bravely sailed across the finish line in the fiercest of battles in Parkhill, Ontario. The hull capable of carrying a crew of six, weighs close to one ton ~ dry. Displaying noble flags, colourful mast and a dragon head of mammoth size, today the ship would require weeks of extensive refurbishing. Viking warriors capable of lifting 400 lbs are in dwindling numbers.
Lacking the skills and methods developed over generations, we have reluctantly accepted that some tales exist only in story books and imaginations. We bequeath the Kingdom of Vikings to ages past.
~ Signed, The Neat L'l Bookshop
There are no Vikings. The Kingdom of Vikings does not exist in the Village of York, contrary to what we had hoped. Chieftains and noblemen are not native to Haldimand. The great Viking ships were built for oceanic voyages, used for warfare during times of conflict, and other times for trade and commerce ~ sometimes for exploration.
The Walker Viking Ship once bravely sailed across the finish line in the fiercest of battles in Parkhill, Ontario. The hull capable of carrying a crew of six, weighs close to one ton ~ dry. Displaying noble flags, colourful mast and a dragon head of mammoth size, today the ship would require weeks of extensive refurbishing. Viking warriors capable of lifting 400 lbs are in dwindling numbers.
Lacking the skills and methods developed over generations, we have reluctantly accepted that some tales exist only in story books and imaginations. We bequeath the Kingdom of Vikings to ages past.
~ Signed, The Neat L'l Bookshop
Sunday, June 17, 2012
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