Death of a Friend ~

"Though I hadn't seen much of him of recent years, we had a sort of permanent relationship...
I feel myself as if I had been suddenly robbed of some part of my own personality ~ since there must have been some aspect of myself that had been developed in relation to him."

~ Edmund Wilson written to Zelda Fitzgerald on Scott's death

Our hearts go out today to family and friends.  Our condolences to those who have lost a dear father, husband and friend.

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The Ballad of East and West
~ Ruyard Kipling

Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the earth!

~ Ruyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) English author, poet, The Jungle Book, Kim, Just So Stories.

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A WHIRL-BLAST FROM BEHIND THE HILL
~ Wm. Wordsworth


A whirl-blast from behind the hill
Rushed o'er the wood with startling sound:
Then all at once the air was still,
And showers of hailstones pattered round.
Where leafless Oaks towered high above,
I sate within an undergrove
Of tallest hollies, tall and green,
A fairer bower was never seen.
From year to year the spacious floor
With withered leaves is covered o'er,
You could not lay a hair between:
And all the year the bower is green.
But see!  where'er the hailstones drop
The withered leaves all skip and hop,
There's not a breeze ~ no breath of air ~
Yet here, and there, and everywhere
Along the floor, beneath the shade
By those embowering hollies made,
The leaves in myriads jump and spring,
As if with pips and music rare
Some Robin Goodfellow were there,
And all those leaves, that jump and spring,
Were each a joyous, living thing.

Oh! grant me Heaven a heart at ease
That I may never cease to find,
Even in appearances like these
Enough to nourish and to stir my mind!

~ Wm. Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) English Romantic Poet

Soldiers' Stories ~  Thursday, October 25

Kirk Du Guid did a wonderful thing when he interviewed twenty-five veterans in Haldimand County.  Their stories in their own words are in Kirk's book, Soldiers' Stories.

True Stories

Retired O.P.P. officer, Kirk Du Guid, who has a new release, The First Drug Squad, will be signing books in The Neat Little Bookshop Thursday morning, October, 25, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Join us for a coffee (or tea) and perhaps as old friends do, share some memories.  Free admission, everyone welcome.

Haldimand County Staff
Economic Development & Tourism Division

Net-working ~ Small Business Week

"Where the wonders of the Grand River Meet Lake Erie" ~  Staff sharing information including cycling maps and birding maps of Haldimand County, at the annual BIZ BREAKFAST, Cayuga.

Breakfast sponsored by The Sachem, Cayuga and District Chamber of Commerce and Haldimand Flyer Force.  Co-sponsored by:  Grand Erie Business Centre, Haldimand County Public Libraries, Haldimand County and St. Leonard's Community Services.





Cayuga Street Business ~ Individual and Group Lessons



We are pleased to welcome the music studio to 8 Cayuga Street *:  Progressive Music Studio.  Voice, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Theory ~ Pop, Rock, Country, Jazz and Classical Music.

*Home of the original Herb Martindale Neat Little Bookshop.