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The Dog Gallery ~

Hector visits the bookshop.  Only four and a half months old, he is being carefully trained as a service dog.

A deal brokered between Six Nations with Samsung and the province of Ontario is getting mixed reviews.  "Closed door negotiations between Samsung, Ontario and Six Nations of the Grand have resulted in a precedent-setting deal worth as much as $55 million for Six Nations."  This announcement is made in the March 7 issue of TEKAWENNAKE.
Six Nations Economic Director Matt Jamieson has asked Six Nations for an endorsement of what he calls a "historic opportunity to capitalize on the use of our traditional territory."

The article by Stephanie Dearing of Ohsweken, refers to the turbine/solar project for Haldimand County; however, stops short of identifying the location.  Jamieson said, "If members back the deal, Six Nations could pursue similar lease arrangements for other projects in the Haldimand Tract."
"Six Nations members now have 30 days to make a decision," the author of the article asserts.  Six open houses will be held during the month to provide information.  On April 3 there will be a special community meeting to discuss the deal.  Elected Council will then make the final decision.
We welcome information from our municipality.  We believe that the "traditional territory" in question is South Cayuga.

http://www.sixnationsfuture.com/

Post script:  Two parties voted "No" yesterday at Queen's Park to health studies on effects of wind turbines.  A delegation from Haldimand in attendance.
http://www.ontario-wind-resistance.org/  

Canadian author, Nellie McClung, worked tirelessly to improve the existence not only of women and children but of men as well.

"The Church must renounce the idea that, when a man goes forth to preach the Gospel, he has to consider himself a sort of glorified immigration agent, whose message is, 'This way, ladies and gentlemen, to a better, brighter, happier world;  earth is a poor place to stick around, heaven is your home."
His mission is to teach his people to make of this world a better place !~ to live their lives here in such a way that other men and women will find life sweeter for their having lived."

Canadian author, Nellie McClung

~ Nellie McClung, best known for her book, Sowing Seeds in Danny (1908).
Source:  No Small Legacy, Carol L. Hancock, Wood Lake Books, Inc., 1986.
Image:  Wikipedia

International Women's Day

"We may yet live to see the day when women will be no longer news!  And it cannot come too soon.  I want to be a peaceful, happy, normal human being, pursuing my unimpeded way through life, never having to stop to explain, defend, or apologize for my sex. . ."

~ Nellie McClung, Canadian author and womens' rights activist (1873 - 1951)

Source:  No Small Legacy, Carol L. Hancock, Wood Lake Books, 1986.

Wise Words and Music by Valdy *~

Give me the simple life
I need the simple life
Don't want to worry
'Bout tomorrow.

Live everyday completely
Love for the joy of loving
Then I will be happy.

Pretty cars and soft guitars
Round trip ticket to the stars
I'm living like a king
Inside a cage.

I don't want a giant bank account
Or a name folks like to rap about
Think I've had my fill
Please turn the page.

Just give me the simple life
I need the simple life
Don't want to worry
'Bout tomorrow.

* Paul Valdemar Horsdal, Canadian folk singer/song-writer. (b 1945)

Our hearts are breaking for Alison, Cody, Kyle, Ashlee, Jake, Randi, Brody and Maddi.  "When thinking of me,always remember...the awesome times we shared together." ~ R.I.P. Mark Andrew Harvie

To our good friends in Marshville Heritage Village ~

To the farriers and blacksmiths, Happy, Lucky Horseshoes! 

"Let me live in a house by the side of a road
Where the race of men go by;
The men who are good and the men who are bad
As good and as bad as I.

I would not sit in the scorner's seat
Or hurl the cynic's ban;
Let me live in a house by the side of a road
And be a friend to man."

~ Unknown Author
Photos:  lbwalker

For Irish thoughts, Irish-American Funny Quotes by Merrit Malloy is a great little book.
Right away we recognize some of the quotations and names.  John F. Kennedy, Margaret Michell, Fibber McGee, John Wayne, Eugene O'Neill, Andy Rooney,Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward G. Robinson, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Johnny Carson, Jackie Gleason, Malachy McCourt. F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . on and on.

But then ~ we read in the PROLOGUE, ". . .in compiling a book of authentic Irish-Americans, I still can't be absolutely certain that every single name included in this book is Irish."  The author's point?  Everyone claims to be part Irish - especially around St. Patrick's Day!


"Everybody's Irish on St. Patty's Day."  ~ 
 Helen O'Donnell Malloy