Wearing a Red Poppy Is to Remember ~

~ A Poppy Is to Remember, Heather Patterson & Ron Lightburn, North Winds Press A Division of Scholastic Canada. 2004

William Selkirk Duff

William Selkirk Duff was born in Selkirk, Ontario, on December 30, 1894 to David A. and Angelina P. Duff (nee Birdsall) of Cayuga.  He had two brothers, Oliver Wenzel and Whitson D. and a sister Jessie Duff.  His father was a well known and well respected Principal in Cayuga.  The Duff family resided at 26 Munsee Street in Cayuga.

A small, faded newspaper clipping has led Brendan Oliver on an earnest search for information about the young man in uniform, his family and his service to his country.

In the days leading to November 11 The Neat Little Bookshop blog will follow Brendan's discoveries with the hope that some of our readers can assist with additional stories or photographs.

Plaque in Cayuga United Church

(Photos: Collection Brendan Oliver. For larger image please click on photo.)  Brendan has found lots of information; however, he continues to hope that personal stories will come in as he continues his search.  Reach Brenda at griff8_@hotmail.com

That is griff8 underscore @hotmail.com   

Winner of the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize is Edmonton author Lynn Coady for her short-story collection, Hellgoing.*

Coady has five previous books including The Antagonist, a Giller finalist in 2011.

The $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize is given for the year's best book of Canadian Fiction.

* House of Anansi Press, 2013.



 

"It was, and is common knowledge that the law has not been enforced...The court has been and will be patient but the court cannot turn a blind eye to the blatant contempt of the court's lawful order....Whatever is being done should be done peacefully but also lawfully, within the Rule of Law...

"...the Rule of Law is a 'pre-eminent condition of freedom and peace in a democratic society.' "

~ Judge D. Marshall, Cayuga Courthouse.

~VICTORY IN THE NO-GO ZONE, Winning the Fight Against Two-Tier Policing. G. McHale. Freedom Press Canada Inc., 2013.

Author Gary McHale will be in The Neat L'l Bookshop on Saturday, November 16, 10:30 - 3:00. 

English poet and novelist, Philip Larkin, referring to the work of a contemporary poet, "...But I do admire the way it's a long time before you notice he doesn't rhyme hardly at all.  That is an admirable feature, & an accomplishment I envy, though personally I'd as soon venture forth without rhyme as without boots in a meadow of snakes."

~ Letter to Norman Iles, April 16, 1944.  Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, edited by A. Thwaite, Faber and Faber Limited, 1992. Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985)

Pastural, tranquil Haldimand countryside.  Earthy.  Autumnal.  Agricultural.  Rural.  Searching for words.

(For larger image, pls. click on photo. Taken Nov. 2. lbw.)

"When in 1841 William Henry Fox discovered how a photographic image could be attached permanently to paper, it seemed to many that the art of painting had been dealt a body blow from which it would never recover.  In fact, some painters were so convinced that their careers as artists were in danger that they began trying to paint with a photographic realism that they had never tried before..."

~ RURAL LIFE, Adrian Vincent, Bloomsbury Books, 1987.