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Third Thursday Topic:  FRIENDSHIP, WAR and POETRY ~ Presented by Dr. Alan Bishop.

Included in today's discussion, Robert Frost, Edward Thomas, Ivor Gurney, Eleanor Farjeon, Helen Thomas, Marion Scott.

Please join us for a pleasant afternoon with Alan.  No admission.  Coffee pot's always on...

Thursday, May 19, 1:00 p.m.

 

 

Downtown Village of Cayuga

Topic Change for this Thursday:

FRIENDSHIP, WAR and POETRY ~ Presented by Dr. Alan Bishop

Robert Frost, Edward Thomas, Ivor Gurney
Eleanor Farjeon, Helen Thomas, Marion Scott

Join us for an informative and inspirational afternoon with Alan.  Coffee pot's on...

Third Thursday, May 19 ~ "Small is Great" A critical appreciation of selected very-short poetry & prose.  Dr. Alan Bishop will be presenting the topic.  Minimalist lit is generally undervalued, if not totally ignored, by critics.  Is that justifiable?  We will consider some examples of short poetry & prose; evaluating their qualities, questioning the general critical bias and considering relevant issues such as which criteria are appropriate in appreciating such writings.

The Red Wheelbarrow

 

so much depends

upon

- a red wheel

barrow

-glazed with rain

water

-beside the white

chickens

T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)

 



TOPIC:  Henri J.M. Nouwen (1932 - 1996) Dutch theologian, writer.

Quotations Henri Nouwen.

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.  The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

Note:  Henri J.M. Nouwen is the topic of our Third Thursday readings this month.

JOIN US ~ 

Reading Thursday, September 17, 1:00 p.m.

John Passfield

Ospringe:  A Visit with Grandad

The story is set in Southern England in Kent.  Two children growing up in the 20s sharing stories with their grandad.  Reading and discussion.  "Coffee pot's always on..."

Credit:  "Ospringe church" by OhNoPeedyPeebles at English Wikipedia - Own work (Original text: I created this work entirely by myself.). Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ospringe_church.jpg#/media/File:Ospringe_church.jpg

Jeff Russell works long shifts in his line of work - security.  Boring?  Never!  His life-long interest in crocheting is his constant passion.

At the age of thirteen, he crocheted an angel for the top of his Mother's friend's Christmas tree and he has not stopped. Today he turns out grand pieces of tigers, butterflies, horses ~ nothing is too complex for Jeff at this stage.  And of course, he has the twelve-hour shifts.

Karen Richardson, Curator Haldimand County Museum

Dedicated genealogist and historian, Margaret Clause

Guest Speaker, Karen Richardson, Curator of The Haldimand County Museum & Archives hosted the Literary Group on Thursday.

IMPORTANT UPDATE:  The literary group that meets every Third Thursday meets today in the Haldimand County Museum, 1:00 p.m.  Thank you to curator, Karen Richardson.

Yesterday OVERFLOW Trucks/Vehicles from the garage-business on Talbot

BOOKSHOP IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND UNAVAILABLE PARKING

Intersection of Talbot & Cayuga Streets on Wednesday

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ~ We want to see you but we also want you to be safe.

Cayuga Street on Wednesday Behind the Bookshop

These photos are from Wednesday.  Today,  THE BOOKSHOP IS VIRTUALLY INACCESSIBLE.  We will keep you posted daily/hourly if necessary on facebook; also on the bookshop blog.  Apologies for any inconvenience.  Thank you for your understanding.  John and I can be reached at 905.577.5635.  Please leave a message if we are unable to answer.  email:  neatlittlebookshop@gmail.com

Third Thursdays at The Neat L'l Bookshop are
set aside for the Literary Group/Fascinating Personalities.  Today we are changing the location, meeting in The Haldimand Stewardship Council office on Cayuga Street at 1:00 p.m. Optional:  Lunch at the Back40.

Topic:  "Bring a few Letters"

Below:  A letter from a young man to his "wifie" while planning a homestead and building their "dream" home.  "I see you are getting real careless with that D.R. [diamond ring].  If Mother hasn't seen it yet, I don't know where her eyes are but she hasn't said anything."

John A. Turnbull and Mary B. Jackson m. and lived in the dream house in East Seneca, Haldimand County.

"Dear little Wifie"

"My Dear Mary"

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Vicky Peart

Vickie Peart, professional calligrapher, will be our guest speaker next Third Thursday, March 19.  Vickie is well known in Haldimand County for her work with the Caledonia Fair.  What may not be as well recognized is her passion for calligraphy.  Since 1986, Vickie has been studying, travelling, learning all there is to know about calligraphy. Her fascinating stories include the Saint John's Bible Project ~ the first handwritten bible in the "New World" ~ a multi-million dollar millennium project commissioned by St. John's College, Minnesota.

We welcome Vick and look forward to learning about her work in calligraphy.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19 at 1:00 p.m.

[Apologies to Vickie for the incorrect spelling of her name.]

Journals can be as sophisticated or as simple as the writer chooses.  In Sophia MacNab's journal she wrote, "I have now finished writing this book through and it has taken me nearly seven months.  I am twenty one.  My dear Momma told me to keep one always and if I keep it until I am twenty one I will have written thirteen volumes.  I only hope that I may have the perseverance to continue it," Sophia wrote on July 8th., 1846.

Some of us may feel like Sophia did on one particular day:

"I think is would do almost as well to write one day and copy all the next from it, there is so little variety....it is useless to give such a long detail of each day, so I am merely going to put that we went through the usual 'routine'."

THE DIARY of SOPHIE MACNAB, written at Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, 1846 age 13.  W.L. Griffi Printing, 1968.

Thank you The Haldimand Press for sharing our Third Thursday Event

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Reminder ~ 

Cindy Presant:  Daily Life on Paper -- Journals, Sketchbooks and Cookbooks.  The value of recording the simple aspects of everyday life, and how that creates a treasured insight into the life of an individual and a family.  Please bring a handwritten example of one of the above to share in the second half of the session.

Cindy lives in rural Haldimand with her husband, Ron.  She has a fascinating career in art, cooking and writing.  This varied background makes her our "Fascinating Personality" of February.

Thursday, February 19 at 1:00 p.m.

The Neat Little Bookshop

29 Talbot Street (Hwy 3)

Cayuga  905.577.5635 Limited seating.

Daily Life on Paper:  Journals, Sketchbooks and Cookbooks

 

 

Keeping a record of your everyday life, through what you see, experience and cook, will be discussed at the free public talk titled "Daily Life on Paper" at The Neat Little Bookshop, 29 Talbot Street in Cayuga at 1:00 p.m. on February 19.  Guest speaker Cindy Presant, a local artist, will discuss the significance of handwritten records and how these records can be used as ways to understand yourself and preserve the stories of your life.  She will share simple ways to start a journal, sketchbook or cookbook using paper-based methods.  Attendees are encouraged to bring a handwritten example of their own to share with the group in the second half of the afternoon session.

 

"Daily Life on Paper" is the February-featured talk of the Haldimand Literary Group, commonly known as "Fascinating Personalities" which meets monthly every third Thursday at the bookshop.  The group began meeting several years ago to discuss cultural topics and interesting personalities including local people, artists and authors.  Over the years this has included topics such as china painting, stained-glass art, poetry, self-publishing and famous celebrated artists and authors.  Topics scheduled for this spring are calligraphy, specifically The St. John's Bible Project, by Vickie Peart;  family letters from your family treasury; and "Pompeii" a reading by the author, John Passfield.

 

 

Mark your calendar:  Thurs., Feb. 19 at 1:00 p.m.