Tuesday, July 19, 2011

This event is postponed until a later date. A Meet-the-Author Tea ~ Everyone Welcome
In A Familiar Rain, neuroscientist, Alex Hemmer is committed to developing a drug that would enable subjects to relive their most treasured past experiences. If he could achieve success, it would mean that Alex could revisit his deceased, young wife.

A retired high-school English teacher, author John Geddes said,

"I love the idea of time travel...I wrote it into my curriculum ~ creating a Time Travel unit studying books from Jack Finney, H.G. Wells and others."

Geddes was fascinated by Wilder Penfield's* explorations of the human brain in which Penfield actually caused some of his test subjects to relive past events.

The backdrop for his book is Geddes' own alma mater, the University of Toronto, where his professors included Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye.
http://www.johngeddes.ca/

* (1891 - 1976) Canadian Neurosurgeon

Sunday, July 17, 2011

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

~ Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) American author and journalist.

"When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something."

~ Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866) American historian, educator and minister.

Saturday, July 16, 2011











Cayuga Fest Parade 2011 ~ Cayuga Street

Congratulations to Grand Treats & Treasures ~ First Prize (Sorry no picture.) Click 3X on image.






















Grindstone Creek Gallery is offering a free clay workshop for the children today. The children's' workshop is one of the festivities, Cayuga Fest, a three-day event, includes Art in The Park in the Village Green beside the library, Saturday only. The pottery gallery is across the street from the Village Green. http://www.grindstonecreekgallery.com/ http://www.cayugafest.com/

Friday, July 15, 2011

"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.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

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/