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Thank you Jill Morison for the excellent article in The Sachem about The Neat Little Bookshop. We are looking forward to having Jill share with us some of her own personal stories. She is well known in journalistic circles and concedes that the opportunity to write good-news stories is exciting.
"Lorna Walker has a neat little bookshop" appeared in the February 15th issue of The Sachem, a weekly based in Caledonia, Ontario. Also available online.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Possibly A "Herbism?"
We'll have a sweet little cafe
In a neat little square,
We'll find our fortune and our happiness there.
We shall thrive on the vain and resplendent
And contrive to remain independent.
We'll have a meek reputation
And a chic clientele.
King's will fall under our spell.
We'll be so zealous
That the world will be jealous.
Bitter Sweet, 1929, Noel Coward, English playwright, author (1899 - 1973)
Have we identifed Herb's inspiration for the name "The Neat Little Bookshop?" In a column in the Grand River Sachem, 2002, Neil Dring establishes that Herb Martindale's Neat Little Bookshop got its name from a Noel Coward play. [Refer "Books Good Books" Feb. 4 blog-post.]
Those who knew Herb will recognize a "Herbism." Herb always leaves us smiling!
We'll have a sweet little cafe
In a neat little square,
We'll find our fortune and our happiness there.
We shall thrive on the vain and resplendent
And contrive to remain independent.
We'll have a meek reputation
And a chic clientele.
King's will fall under our spell.
We'll be so zealous
That the world will be jealous.
Bitter Sweet, 1929, Noel Coward, English playwright, author (1899 - 1973)
Have we identifed Herb's inspiration for the name "The Neat Little Bookshop?" In a column in the Grand River Sachem, 2002, Neil Dring establishes that Herb Martindale's Neat Little Bookshop got its name from a Noel Coward play. [Refer "Books Good Books" Feb. 4 blog-post.]
Those who knew Herb will recognize a "Herbism." Herb always leaves us smiling!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Our dear friend, Kim Jeffrey, has offered on short notice to OPEN the bookshop tomorrow morning. Kim is opening her own pottery and gift shop in the spring just around the corner. We welcome Kim and appreciate her help.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
We will be attending a family funeral. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We will be available as usual for Story Hour in the afternoon.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
We will be attending a family funeral. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. We will be available as usual for Story Hour in the afternoon.
The Charles Taylor Prize 2011
And the winner is:
Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles Foran, Alfred A. Kopf Canada. The 10th Charles Taylor prize was announced on Monday, February 14 at an event in Toronto, Ontario. The winner was presented with a cheque for $25,000 and a specially commissioned crystal award.
The remaining nominees were presented with a leather-bound copy of their shortlisted book and an honorarium of $2,000.
http://www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca/
Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles Foran, Alfred A. Kopf Canada. The 10th Charles Taylor prize was announced on Monday, February 14 at an event in Toronto, Ontario. The winner was presented with a cheque for $25,000 and a specially commissioned crystal award.
The remaining nominees were presented with a leather-bound copy of their shortlisted book and an honorarium of $2,000.
http://www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca/
Monday, February 14, 2011
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints ~ I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! ~ and if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet; wife of Robert Browning (1806 - 1861)
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) no. 43 The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press, 2001.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Thought for Today: A Love Story
Katharine Hepburn and Tracy Spencer made nine movies together. Two weeks after making their last movie, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Spencer died suddenly.
"They were motion picture nobility, but they never went out together to restaurants, movie premieres, or big parties. They maintained separate residences and the press honored their privacy." *
Spencer was married.
During the twenty-seven years they shared their lives together, unmarried, the press respected their privacy. Unimaginable today. "It was a unique feeling that I had for S.T.
I would have done anything for him. My feelings -- how can you describe them? -- the door between us was always open. There were no reservations of any kind. . . It is called LOVE." **
* The Private World of Katharine Hepburn by John Bryson with a forward by KH. Little Brown & Company 1990. ** ME Stories of My Life, KH. 1991. Knopf.
Katharine Hepburn and Tracy Spencer made nine movies together. Two weeks after making their last movie, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Spencer died suddenly.
"They were motion picture nobility, but they never went out together to restaurants, movie premieres, or big parties. They maintained separate residences and the press honored their privacy." *
Spencer was married.
During the twenty-seven years they shared their lives together, unmarried, the press respected their privacy. Unimaginable today. "It was a unique feeling that I had for S.T.
I would have done anything for him. My feelings -- how can you describe them? -- the door between us was always open. There were no reservations of any kind. . . It is called LOVE." **
* The Private World of Katharine Hepburn by John Bryson with a forward by KH. Little Brown & Company 1990. ** ME Stories of My Life, KH. 1991. Knopf.
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