Anne Vallentin has a voice when it comes to an ecological understanding of not only our community but of our entire fragile planet.

Most of us know Anne for the stand that she took when  Edward's Station was designated by the Province as a major dump site.  She worked tirelessly to draw attention to the ill-advised project and helped coordinate community volunteers to bring together the best minds.

Later, her interest in the environment led to studies including the little-known Kogi from the Sierra Nevada mountains in Columbia and the belief that in any society, wisdom lies with the elders.

We are honoured to host an afternoon with Anne in The Neat Little Bookshop.   Join us in discussions on sustainability, organic gardening and farming and ways that we can each make a difference.

Thursday, November 1, 1:00 p.m.

The Neat Little Bookshop

 

Photos:  Haldimand County lbw

Kogi Village Columbia ~ Wikipedia



Group of Seven ~ McMichael Gallery

 

Cayuga Pines

 The McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario will feature a special exhibit of Tom Thomson's paintings.

Opening Saturday, November 3, 2012 - January 6, 2013, an exhibition that toured European cities during the past year, makes its only Canadian stop in Kleinburg.

Over 120 works from public and private collections include Thomson's The Jack Pine and The West Wind.

www.mcmichael.com

Old Brewery Bay ~ Stephen Leacock Home lbw

"After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books.  The true University of these days is a collection of books."



~ Thomas Carlyle
Of Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic, 1841.

"So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering the books."
~ Ray Bradbury

"The moment a book is lent, I begin to miss it.  My mind goes to the gaps as one's tongue goes to a cavity.  Until the book is returned, I feel like a parent waiting up in the small hours for a teenage son or daughter to come home from the dubious party."
~Anatole Broyard

"An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."
~ Augustine Birrell

"There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance.  What, then, did I do?  I read faster."
~ Leo Rosten

~ A Passion for Books, Edited by H. Rabinowitz & Rob Kaplan. Three Rivers Press, 1999.

Old Brewery Bay ~ Stephen Leacock Home lbw

(Click on photos for larger image. lbw)

Doris Kienitz has written the story of her parents' escape from East Germany.  Alfred Kienitz shares the harrowing experience through his daughter's book.
Today we are pleased to host an afternoon with Doris and her father in The Neat Little Bookshop.

SAT., OCT., 27, 1:00 p.m.  Please drop by.  "Coffee pot's always on..."

Written with "grace, honesty and humility,*" Doris and her father document an era that most would prefer to forget but most agree must never be forgotten.

Albert Kienitz, John & Cindy Bird
An Afternoon With The Author, Doris Kienitz

John and Cindy Bird were in The Neat Little Bookshop today to meet Doris Kienitz and her father Albert Kienitz.  Many of Albert's stories of his family and the escape from East Germany were shared this afternoon with interested listeners.  Thank you, Mr. Kienitz, for telling a story that generations will appreciate and not forget.  Children and grandchildren were among the folks who dropped in to visit with Albert.

R. L. Moore has a Few Stories of His Own to Tell

* Jessica Bradshaw, Canadian author

ESCAPE

Author Doris Kienitz With Her Father Alfred

While assisting others to escape East Germany, young Alfred along with his parents and other family members secretly planned their own escape.  It was important to include the family pet ~ a beautiful purebred dog due to give birth to valuable puppies that could be delivered and sold in their new country.  Nature doesn't always co-operate.  The puppies' story is one of the tense moments described in ESCAPE.

    The Neat Little Bookshop is pleased to host an afternoon with the author and her father on Saturday, October 27, 1:00 p.m.  Everyone welcome.  "Coffee pot's always on. . ."

Photo:  Presentation at The York Grand River Historical Society.  lbw

THE FIRST DRUG SQUAD ~

by KIRK DU GUID

"Drugs started to invade southern Ontario in quantity in the early 1970's, and the Ontario Provincial Police hierarchy decided it was time to form their first "Drug Squad."  This is the story of how a fledgling Drug Squad might have been established in those early days.  It chronicles how officers may have reacted to a new and hazardous form of policing they had never encountered before."

Kirk Du Guid is a retired Ontario Provincial Police Detective Sergeant.  He lives in the Amaguin Highlands in Burk's Falls, Ontario.  This is his forth book.

Available at The Neat Little Bookshop $15.