"From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggety beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!

  ~ Scottish prayer

"Happy & Safe Hallowe'en"

 



"To make a prairie it takes clover and one bee
one clover, and a bee,
and revery
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few."

~ Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) American poet

Thought for Today ~

After Benjamin Franklin had received a letter thanking him for having done a kindness, he replied:
"As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had, the only thanks that I should desire are that you would always be ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go around, for mankind are all of a family.  As for my own part, when I am employed in serving others I do not look upon myself as conferring favors but paying debts."

"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
~ Albert Einstein


"Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."
~Abraham Lincoln

"The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love."
~ William Wordsworth

The Treasure Chest , Charles L. Wallis editor, Harper & Row.1965.

[Photo:  "Rest in Peace Cpl. Nathan Cirillo." www.Facebook.com]

Neil Dring Visiting with William Thomas

www.williamthomas.ca Search William Thomas or stop at The Neat Little Bookshop.  We carry Thomas' books, including The Dog Rules -- Damn Near Everything!  You may have met the author when he visited The Neat Little Bookshop or you may read his weekly column in the local papers.  Whatever, he never fails to make one laugh.  "...a three-year-old Great Dane from Portland, Oregon was found to have eaten 43 1/2 socks.  His owners starting asking questions when the family budget revealed they were spending more money on socks than water, heat and hydro.

"One day Hamlet [dog's name changed] just started writhing and retching and was immediately rushed to the nearest animal hospital.  The vet was certain it was something the dog had eaten but he had no idea at the time it was the argyles.  Argyles disagree with everybody." *

*"All The World's A Circus," William Thomas.  The Haldimand Press,  10/1/14

Photo:  The Neat L'l Bookshop, Cayuga St. location.

HALL OF HONOUR

"The great Hall of Honour is destined to change as Canadian history unfolds.  Additional marble carvings will be added to the current collection which commemorates events and distinguished Canadians.  In 1932, the Dominion Memorial commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Confederation, was unveiled by the Earl of Bessborough, then Governor General of Canada.  The memorial was a presentation to Canadians by Canadian countrymen residing in the United States.
The figures and symbols represent past and present Canadian resources and development.  Here the story of Canada is revealed in a series of fascinating plaques and statues ~ a fitting tribute to a vast country with a great past and a bountiful future.
Among the many commemorated events is the Canadian Nurses' Memorial which represents the years of service to country and humanity from 1639 to 1918."

~ THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.

 

Entrance to the Houses of Parliament

Confederation Hall into the Hall of Honour

[Photos: files lbw]