Chiefswood Park (Click 3x on photo)

SHADOW RIVER ~ E. Pauline Johnson
(TEKAHIONWAKE)
A stream of tender gladness,
Of filmy sun, and opal tinted skies;
Of warm midsummer air that lightly lies
In mystic rings,
Where softly swings
The music of a thousand wings
That almost tones to sadness.

Midway 'twist earth and heaven,
A bubble in the pearly air, I seem
To float upon the sapphire floor, a dream
Of clouds of snow,
Above, below,
Drift with my drifting, dim and slow,
As twilight drifts to even.

The little fern-leaf, bending
Upon the brink, its green reflection greets,
And kisses soft the shadow that it meets
With touch so fine,
The border line
The keenest vision can't define;
So perfect is the blending.

The far, fir trees that cover
The brownish hills with needles green and gold,
The arching elms o'erhead, vinegrown and old,
Repictured are
Beneath me far,
Where not a ripple moves to Shades underneath, or over. Exerpt from Shadow River,Flint and Feather, E. Pauline Johnson, 1912

Conway Park Restaurant

Disembark

Boat Ramp beside Conway Park Restaurant

Looking toward Bob Baigent Park

Sandy Polillo , owner of Conway Park Restaurant, is firing up the grill for Saturday, June 25. Canoeists can order Beef on a Bun in addition to Conway's usual Perch, burgers and fabulous breakfasts.
Eat indoors or take it out to the riverbank.

Don't wait until June 25, Sandy and her staff are open for business every weekend 'til September.

Fri. 4 am - 8:30 pm

Sat. 8:30 - 8:30

Sun. 8:30 - 7:30

Holidays 8:30 - 7:30

Looking Toward Kinsmen Pavilion in Bob Baigent Park

Beef on a Bun for Canoeists ~ at the riverside restaurant. Small in structure ~ huge in heart. Sandy, husband Bernie and their staff are an example of Cayuga's friendly folk.

Photos: Lorna (For larger image, click 3X on photo.)

Conway Park Restaurant

View of Cayuga Bridge from Conway Park

Conway Park Restaurant ~ Down By the Riverside

Every Friday night 2 pc Fish & Chips Dinner

or Roast Beef Dinner $10 tax incl.

Photos: Lorna (Click 3X on photo for larger image.)

Dunnville resident, Josie Penny, was born in Roaches Brook, Labrador, to Metis parents. She has written a book, So Few on Earth, that is making waves in literary circles. An autobiography of a girl growing up in the forties and fifties, the book describes a disturbing childhood that might have ended quite differently. Today, Josie, travels talking about her writing with a life philosophy that anyone might envy.

She was recently nominated for the Atlantic Book Award in the category Historical Writing. She was honoured at a big event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where, although she did not win, she said, "I made new friends...and gained a lot from the experience."

We have spoken with Josie's husband, Keith, who assures us that Josie will soon visit The Neat Little Bookshop. We look forward to meeting her and hearing about her experience. http://www.sofewonearth.com/

So Few on Earth, A Labrador Metis Woman Remembers, Josie Penny, published by Dundurn Press, 2010.

My Pop is always buying books:
So that Mom says his study looks
Just like an old bookstore. The bookshelves are so full and tall,
They hide the paper on the wall,
And there are books just everywhere,
On table, window-seat, and chair,
And books right on the floor.

And every little while he buys
More books, and brings them home and tries
To find a place where they will fit,
And has an awful time of it.

Once, when I asked him why he got
So many books, he said, "Why not?"
I've puzzled over that a lot.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) Child's Garden of Verses, Scottish novelist, poet.