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Thursday, October 20, 2011

What drives entrepreneur Richard Branson?

". . . being in a position to change things, to keep learning and to be in a position to make a difference. Throughout my life I've been trying to get into that position, and now I'm in that position. I don't waste a minute of it. But I also have an attitude in life that however hard I'm working and however tired I am, you know, to make sure I just enjoy every single second of my life, and, you know, if you just make sure you enjoy every person you're with and every second of your life, the pleasure you're going to get out of life ~ and the pleasure you're going to give other people ~ is enormous."

~ The Optimist, One Man's Search For The Brighter Side of Life, p. 185, Lawrence Shorter, 2009 Doubleday Canada

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Workshops Grindstone Creek Gallery ~ 16 King Street, downtown Cayuga

Two evenings of making your own pottery. For details and to register, visit http://www.grindstonecreekgallery.com/

Adults & childrens' classes. Includes clay, glaze, bisque and glaze firing.

Mondays Oct. 24 & Nov. 7 or

Wednesdays Nov. 9 & 16

7 - 9 p.m.

Instructor: Deb McBride

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Man Booker Prize for 2011 will be announced tonight. The six short-listed titles are:

The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes

Jamrach's Menagerie, Carol Birch

The Sister's Brothers, Patrich deWitt

Half Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan

Pigeon English, Stephen Kelman

Snowdrops, A. D. Miller

http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
Two Canadian authors made the list: Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan

Two first-time novelists made the list: Stephen Kelman and A. D. Miller

And the winner is: Julian Barnes ~ The Sense of An Ending