Thoughts on A New CanadianYear ~

"Despite the tough times, compared with just about any other land on earth, Canada still is blessed with the mandate of heaven."

~ Peter C. Newman, Canadian author, columnist.

"What many Canadians do not seem to realize is that in most countries of this world people would say about Canada: 'Boy, I wish we had their problems and not ours!'"

~ Arkadi Tcherkassov, Russian commentator, 'Our Man in Moscow.' Grainews, July 1992.

'You've got to keep moving.  What you're most proud of today is quite likely to be scrapped five years hence."

~ Edgar G. Burton, merchandiser, interviewed by R.E.Knowles , The Toronto Star, 22 Jan. 1937.

"Luck is an opportunity seized."

~ Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, quoted by Peter C. Newman, 'The Table Talk of Roy Thomson,"  Maclean's, Dec. 1971.

~Famous Lasting Words/Great Canadian Quotations.  John Robert Colombo, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 2000.

"May your walls know joy.  May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility."

~ Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey, author, artist, student www.maryanneradmacher.net

AND:  "Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there."  ~ Mickey Friedman 
( Never attend a party if you will be the most interesting person there! lbw )

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

~ Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)  American author, astronomer.

"It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space."

~ Thomas K. Mattingly II (b. 1936) Rear Admiral USN, Ret. NASA astronaut Apollo 16.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

~ Bill Watterson (b. 1958)  American cartoonist, author of Calvin & Hobbes.

A Thought on Resolutions ~

"He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool."

~ Frederick Lawrence Knowles (1869 - 1905) American Poet,  A Cheerful Year Book.



Angel Reading Book



"I want all my senses engaged.  Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness."

~ Maya Angelou (b. April 4, 1928)  American author, poet.  At Presidential Inauguration, 1993, recited her poem, "On The Pulse of Morning."

Angel Snowed In



THE SNOW

by Emily Dickinson

It sifts from leaden sieves,

It powders all the wood,

It fills with alabaster wool

The wrinkles of the road.

It makes an even face

Of mountain and of plain, ~

Unbroken forehead from the east

Unto the east again.

It reaches to the fence,

It wraps it, rail by rail,

Till it is lost in fleeces;

It flings a crystal veil.

On stump and stack and stem, ~

The summer's empty room,

Acres of seams where harvests were,

Recordless, but for them.

It ruffles wrists of posts,

As ankles of a queen,~

Then stills its artisans like ghosts,

Denying they have been.

E.D. From a daguerreotype ~ Wikipedia

~ Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886) American poet.  It was not until 1890 after Emily's death that her poetry was published.  It was not until 1955 that it was published complete and unedited. ~ Wikipedia.

The Neat L'l Bookshop is Closed between Christmas and New Year's.  We will reopen on Wednesday, January 2nd.

(Photo:  Ouse Street, around the corner from the bookshop.  Thursday, December 27 ~ lbw)

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

~ Leo Buscaglia (1924 - 1998) American author, motivational speaker known as "Dr. Love."

[Can you imagine a better way to start each day than with this Leo Buscaglia quote? Thank you to my friend who gave me this beautiful 2013 Date Book ~lbw]

In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walks up to Charlie Brown and his sister, Sally, giving them a great big hug.  Charlie says to Sally, "You can always tell when he's been listening to his Leo Buscaglia tapes." ~ Wikipedia.