"It was a wildly beautiful, yet desolate place. The wind was relentless as it battered the beach. I let it punish my hair and scour my mind, as I stood there, shirt billowing like a parachute, eyes scrunched to narrow slits against the grit the wind flung in my face. It was a timeless scene: the long line of waves rolling in and pummeling the shore as it had done for thousands of years. Momentarily, I felt a brief frisson as my mind tried to come to terms with the passage of millenia."

~John Geddes
http://www.johngeddes.ca

Meet the author on Saturday, July 23, 1:30 p.m. at The Neat Little Bookshop. Everyone welcome. Coffee Pot's always on . . .

Photo: James N. Allan Park, Haldimand County, by Lorna. Click 3X on image.

CayugaFest July 15 ~ 17

Classic cars, bands, arts, crafts, food, games, competitions ~ the friendly hospitality of Cayuga-On-The-Grand.

Do you like parades? There is a new category this year: the Best Redneck Float. Your committee has been working hard to make this year's CayugaFest a new experience.

Bring your family. Take advantage of the local restaurants and businesses. Experience the Grand.
For more information visit http://www.cayugafest.com/

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet and what is sand."

~ Madeleine L'engle (1918 - 2007) American author

House at Old Brewery Bay ~ The home that Stephen Leacock Build. Secluded, away from the city ~ where the author "spent most of his creative time."
http://www.leacockmuseum.com/ Click on Visit. Learn More.

Also, find Leacock Summer Festival and Stephen Leacock on Facebook.
Photos: by Lorna (Click on 3X)

www.johngeddes.ca

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends."

~ Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926) American academic, President of Harvard 1869 - 1929.

"I write every morning as soon after the first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you. . . warm as you write."

~ Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) American writer

A Reminder ~
The Neat Little Bookshop is Closed this week for holidays. Opening again on Wed., July 13.

Meet the Author, John Geddes, on Sat., July 23, 1:30 pm. For excerpts of his latest book ~ A Familiar Rain visit www.johngeddes.ca