Ray Bradbury On Writing ~

"You put all the information in there and let it percolate. Creativity in every field is almost identical. All great ideas, and much of the scientific ideas, come from percolation. Make sure you feed yourself all kinds of stuff from various fields, outrageous fields, every day."

~ Ray Bradbury ( 1920 - ) American author, science fiction, fantasy.
Source: Endangered Species, Lawrence Grobel, Da Capo Press, 2001

Eighteen Days of Steady Craftsmanship

Careful Craftsmanship ~ Royce Emery meticulously creates with attention to authenticity and perfection. His fine work is in demand at shows ~ especially when he is engaged in producing yet another beautiful piece. We hope to soon coax Royce into sharing his hobby with us in the bookshop.

A Special Thank you to the ladies of the Canfield Women's Institute for inviting us into their homes.
The WI was originally formed to revitalize rural communities and encourage women to participate in issues important to family and home.
Thank you to these industrious ladies for all that you do.




Today I spent a special afternoon in the country with
ladies of the Canfield Women's Institute and their guests from Sim's Locks. The roll call was "Your favourite author or book," which led perfectly into my presentation on The Neat Little Bookshop and the revitalization of downtown Cayuga. Thank you ladies!
Photos are not of Canfield; they are scenes of Mount Olivet, Haldimand County. Rural Canfield will be our next photo assignment!

"I WENT TO THE WOODS BECAUSE I WISHED TO LIVE DELIBERATEDLY, TO FRONT ONLY THE ESSENTIAL FACTS OF LIFE.

AND SEE IF I COULD NOT LEARN WHAT IT HAD TO TEACH AND NOT, WHEN I CAME TO DIE, DISCOVER THAT I HAD NOT LIVED."

~ Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) Walden: Life in the Woods.

"Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again."
~ H. D. Thoreau, a Chinese inscription, cited in Walden: Life in the Woods.

Photo: Mount Olivet, Haldimand County, LWalker

"I do the very best I know how ~ the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference."

~ Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) American President

"These are the gifts I ask
Of Thee, Spirit serene:
Strength for the daily task,
Courage to face the road,
Good cheer to help me bear the traveler's load,
And, for the hours of rest that come between,
An inward joy of all things heard and seen."

~ Henry Van Dyke (1852 - 1933) American author

Source: MOMENTS BRIGHT AND SHINING, C.R. Gibson Company,

Thought for Today:

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity."

~ George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) English playwright

"So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend."

~ Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) Scottish novelist, poet.

Source: Moments Bright And Shining, The C.R.Gibson Company MCMLXXIX

One of our own has personal ties to a victim of a violent crime. It is unimaginable to most of us how unsettling life must become to family and friends. Our sincerest condolences go out to these folks.
This experience has made us aware of a volume of poetry on the subject of death. Friend and author, Laurie Miller said this, "Thinking about death, I keep coming back to Dylan Thomas, who wrote so many wonderful things about it. 'Though lovers be lost love shall not;/ And death shall have no dominion.' Maybe it doesn't get much better than that."

Following:  A portion of the mariner's poem, "Death Shall Have No Dominion"

And death shall have no dominion
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone.
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

http://www.dylanthomas.com/
~ Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) Welsh poet and writer
Photo: Wikipedia. Dylan Thomas' writing shed.