Thought for Today ~

"There are moments in your life when you must act, even though you cannot carry your best friends with you. The "Still small voice" within you must always be the final arbiter when there is a conflict of duty."

~ Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) Ideological leader of India.
Treasury of Wit & Wisdom, Reader's Digest 2006.

P. T. Barnum's Greatest Creation

Local author, John Passfield, was born in St. Thomas, Ontario. The story of Jumbo naturally intrigued John as it does every little child.

His book, JUMBO, P.T. Barnum's Greatest Creation, written in novel form ~ historically based ~ tells the story of how this great elephant came all the way from England to appear in the circus in St. Thomas and there met an untimely death. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop. $20 tax incl.

Photo: Statue of Jumbo, St. Thomas, Ontario (Click 3X for larger image.)

Old-Fashioned Peach Social

Victorian Concert and Peach Social ~

Cottonwood Mansion will host a peach social on Sunday, August 28 at 2:00 p.m. This is a step-back-in-time with friends of Cottonwood in period costume. The Cottonwood Brass Quintet performing on antique and modern musical instruments. "Some 'new' old instruments" this year!

If you enjoy music and a relaxing summer afternoon outdoors, the volunteers welcome everyone to visit the mansion. Bring your lawn chairs. 740 Haldimand Road #53, Selkirk. Adults $10, 12 & under $5, pre-schoolers free. Self-guided tours of the mansion will be available.

For more information, call 905-776-2538. http://www.cottonwoodmansion.ca/

Photo: Lorna

Thought for Today:

"It is our choices . . . that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

~ J. K. Rowling (b. 1965) British author best known for her Harry Potter series.

Future home of The Neat Little Bookshop29 Talbot Rd. at the intersection (stoplight) of Cayuga Street.

Familiar Bookshop colours ~ Painting almost complete

Stage 2 ~ Position the shelving

Many of you have come by already ~ please feel welcome.

29 Talbot Rd (at the stoplight) corner of Cayuga Street.

Smile for Today:

Humorist, Robert Benchley, tells a story about his friend Ernie (Ernest Hemingway):

'He took my first edition of A Farewell to Arms and filled in each blank in the text where Scribner's had blushed and put a dash instead of the original word. I think that he supplied the original word in every case. In fact, I am sure of it."

On the fly-leaf of this he wrote:

To R. (G). B from E. ( --- ), H.
Corrected edition. Filled-in blanks.
Very valuable. Sell quick.
~Essay 1934