Looking East

New Lampposts ~

Looking West

Southwold Diversified Ltd., London, ON on Talbot Street (Hwy 3)

New Man on The Street

Looking West

Lampposts Coming ~

Looking West

Underground Cables ~

The Oak Tree

A mighty wind blew night and day.

It stole the oak tree's leaves away,

Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark

Until the oak was tired and stark.

But still the oak tree held its ground

While other trees fell all around.

The weary wind gave up and spoke,

"How can you still be standing, Oak?

The oak tree said, "I know that you
Can break each branch of mine in two,

Carry every leaf away,

Shake my limbs, and make me sway.

But I have roots sstretched in the earth,

Growing stronger since my birth.

"You'll never touch them, for you see,

They are the deepest part of me.

Until today, I wasn't sure
Of just how much I could endure
But now I've found, with thanks to you
I'm stronger than I ever knew.

~ Johnny Ray Ryder Jr.

Summer Reading

SUMMER READING ~ Paperback fiction additional 10% off our price during reconstruction/ "streetscaping".  [Our price is 50% off Canadian list.]

Trade paperback fiction 20% off our price. Popular authors.




Reminder:  Third Thursday, August 20 at 1:00 p.m.  Bring a passage from a favourite novel, short story or a poem.  Or just come!

New Sidewalk Patched With Gravel

Installing the New Street Lights ~

Without Warning the new sidewalk is torn up

So...The Neat L'l Bookshop will be closed today.  The contact numbers are posted on the door.  No one called us.  What happened?  Our only clue yesterday was a UNION GAS vehicle and numerous Link-Line Contractors Inc. vehicles in the neighbourhood.  Today:

...on the other side of the street.  We have contacted our county councillor.  Fred Morison, thank you for coming this morning at 7:00 a.m. and forwarding our complaint to the project managers.  Businesses do not quickly recover from being closed over and over again - unpredictably - during advertised OPEN HOURS.  At one point we were left with a two-foot drop from our door for two weeks, without any prior warning or any solution in sight.  We were closed.

From Rain in Summer ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

How Beautiful is the rain!

After the dust and heat,

In the broad and fiery street,

In the narrow lane,

How beautiful is the rain!

How it clatters along the roofs,

Like the tramp of hoofs!

How it gushes and struggles out

From the throat of the overflowing spout!

Across the window-pane

It pours and pours;

And swift and wide,

With a muddy tide,

Like a river down the gutter roars

The rain, the welcome rain!

(1807 - 1882) American poet, educator.
Works include, Paul Revere's Ride, Song of Hiaqwatha