Thought for Today ~

The village of Cayuga has a lively group of seniors who meet in what was once the LCBO.  These folks have created a bright, welcoming center for all ages.  They play bingo, cards, socialize and often take off on bus trips.  This week they invited the new naturopath in town to talk about health and lifestyle.

When I came across this "notice that hangs in a city hospital" in England*, I had to share.

   I'm fine.  There's nothing the matter with me;  I'm just as healthy as can be.
   I have arthritis in both my knees, and when I talk I talk with a wheeze.  My pulse is weak and my blood is thin, but I'm awfully well for the state I'm in.
   Arch supports I have on my feet ~ or I would not be able to go on the street.  Sleep is denied me night after night, and every morning I'm a sight.  My memory's failing, my head's in a spin. I'm practically living on aspirin ~ but I'm awfully well for the state I'm in.
   The moral is, as this tale I unfold, for you and me who are getting old ~ it's better to say, "I'm fine" with a grin, than let them know the state we are in.

* The Friendship Book of Francis Gay, D.C.Thompson & Co., Ltd., John Leng & Co., Ltd., 1965

(Someone once said, "Old is always fifteen years older than I am!")

Appearing Saturday Night ~

At The Back 40 Bar & Restaurant, The Caswells' Top Secret Bluegrass Band.

April 13, 8:00 p.m.

Cayuga Street

 Downtown Cayuga

Jackie and Steve, sons, Morgan and Andrew express a "Special thanks to The Taylor Family" for being their inspiration in bluegrass.  For more information about the band, visit www.topsecretbluegrassband.com

 

Smile For Today ~

Who more perfect than Walt Disney to write the forward to Kids Say the Darndest things?*
"Why are the thoughts of children so delightful to us grown-ups?  I think it's because of the vast gulf between their world and ours.  Where we adults see the tired old commonplace of everyday life, these "babes" see a freshness, a wonderland waiting to be explored.  They are wiser than we, in a way...because we have forgotten the magic of things, the wonder all around us."

Kids in answer to, "Did your mother tell you anything before coming on the show?
"My mother told me not to act normal."

"My mother told me to pay no attention to all the crazy things my Dad told me."
"My mother told me to keep my legs together." (Five year old girl.)

"My Dad told me just one thing:  To keep my pants up."  (Five year old boy.)

"My mother told me not to say that the last thing she said was to go to the toilet before I went on the program."

"Nobody told me anything.  My Dad was late for work and gulping down his breakfast.  My mother was washing her hair.  Grandmother had a stomach-ache.  Everybody was too busy to tell me anything."

~ * Art Linkletter, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1957.
(Photo:  family files lbw)

Kids say the Darndest Things! ~ Art Linkletter

'I can write!  I can write!"
In surprise and disbelief, his mother said:
"What did you write?"

"I don't know," he shrugged, "I can't read!"

Teachers and parents alike watch and listen in fear and trembling when I ask the innocently loaded question:  "Do you have any instructions from anyone today?"

"My teacher told me not to be funny.  That's what you get paid for."

"My teacher told me that if you asked me to tell you about her, to not say she's very old because she heard a little boy on your program who said:  'What an old teacher!'"

"This prompted me to ask him:  "How old would you say your teacher is?"  "Oh, about ninety!"

~ Kids Say The Darndest Things!  Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1957.  Art Linkletter (July 17, 1912 - May 26, 2010)  Canadian-born T.V. and radio personality.
(Photo:  Family files lbw)

Tomorrow:  Instructions from parents to kids before they appear on KIDS SAY THE DARNEST THINGS.

Introducing ~

Corner of Talbot & Cayuga Streets

The Clothesline & Useful Things !

Infants & Toddlers Good Used Clothing

Previously Loved Movies

Mens' & Ladies' Good Used Clothing

Urban Cowboy!

Find the old hotel ( opposite the bookshop) and discover a hidden world of  fun and "useful" things.)

One can only imagine what life was like back in the forties or earlier on the corner of Cayuga St. & Talbot W.  Today the current owner has transformed the bar/poolroom into a department store.  It is the kind of place where one never knows what treasure will show up and T-shirts are $2 each or three for $5.

Study and appreciate the exterior architecture.  The cost and labour of a new roof, the maintenance of fifteen toilets is not insignificant.  Look at the beautiful dormers along the roof-line.  Don't be shy.  Tell Paul he is doing a great job of rescuing a piece of Haldimand history.  Thank you, Paul. 

Brad Smith & fan Ken Vollick





Brad has a new book coming out this year ~ the wildly anticipated third in the Virgil Cain Series, Shoot the Dog.

  

http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Red-Means-Run/Brad-Smith/9781451673999 

Watch a video related to Red Means Run including scenes in Cayuga.

Brad's books are available at The Neat L'l Bookshop.