"From an early age, my shelves were bursting with books about every subject imaginable.  My mother spent hours reading aloud to her children."

~ Franky Schaeffer, (b. 1952) American author, screenwriter, film director.

Photo:  Benjamin & Dad Reading Dinosaurs.

House and Home

A house is built of logs and stone,
of tiles and posts and piers;
A home is built of loving deeds
That stand a thousand years.

~ Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist
(Feb. 26, 1802, - May 22, 1885)

"A house is built by human hands,
but a home is built by human hearts."

~ Anonymous

"There is no Frigate like a Book

To take us Lands away

Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry ~

This Traverse may the poorest take

Without oppress of Toll ~

How frugal is the Chariot

That bears the Human Soul!"

~ Emily Dickinson , American poet (1830 - 1886)

According to Wikipedia, 1,775 poems have been written by E.D.

Watch for updates: Reading ~ Emily Dickinson.  Neil Paul will return to The Neat Little Bookshop.

Cayuga and District Community Policing Committee 

Hosting a CRASH RE-ENACTMENT
Saturday, May 12th. at The Village Green
on Cayuga and King Streets 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Safety Demonstrations.  Prizes.  B.B.Q.
Toonie Sledge-Hammer Car Smash

  

Backhoe at the Bookshop ~

Scene on Talbot Street Today







Preparation for New Bridge

 

On Being A Mother ~

"I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key of that treasure chamber every gem of which has cost me tears and struggles and prayers, but you must work for these inward treasures yourselves."

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe to her twin daughters, 1861
American author, abolitionist (1811 - 1896)

"My story is not about blame, but rather about how life has impacted me. . ."  so begins Comfortable in My Own Skin, Virtue Press, 2012.
Margaret Buller has written an inspirational story of how life can throw unexpected sorrows at us and it is up to us to choose our reaction.

A tragic hunting accident changed her fiance's life forever.  "I had made a commitment to [Rick], and there was no question about backing out.  It was our problem, and we were in it together," writes Marg.  Rick was told by doctors that he would "always need some form of mechanical assistance."

"In place of a trim, attractive physique, he was now surrounded with a cage that imprisoned him, shaming him, before the whole world."

"After being assured of a full recovery, the stark reality of 'You'll never walk again' was an enormous blow, but, in fact, the truth necessary to begin to readjust life."

Meet the author of Comfortable in my own Skin, Saturday, May 12, 1:00 p.m. at The Neat Little Bookshop.  The tea & coffee pot's always on.

Find Marg Buller's Profile on Facebook or visit her on Facebook at:  "Marg's Kitchen Table Chat."