On Friday, I stopped at the Lawrencetown library to pick up an inter-library loan, Bewilderment by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers.
While there, I noticed the Annapolis Valley Register, December 16. ( We were away on that date, in Iqaluit). The front-page story was the unveiling of a mural by Alan Syliboy at the Kings County Museum in Kentville. He calls it Little Thunder and the Stone Canoe. The book was published by Gaspereau Press.
Over the weekend, I researched their catalogue and found Peter Sanger, Elizabeth Paul, Alan Syliboy The Stone Canoe: two lost Mi’kmaq texts.
Incidentally, I found two new (to me) publications by Henry David Thoreau, The Library a Wilderness, and Man is Altogether Too Much Insisted Upon.
This weekend, we endured our second major Winter storm. The end result was that we could not obtain the Weekend edition of the Chronicle Herald. Power was returned within hours. Heather, and I could relax and enjoy PBS Maine. Judy Dench in “As Time Goes By”, and John Cleese in “Hold the Sunset”; both suitable for retired husbands.
Edward Wedler reminded me about the success of murals in Chemainus, BC on Vancouver Island. There are community lessons to be learned here. We both recognized the value of the creative rural economy and the importance of place-based engagement.
Finally, a word of thanks to the local libraries for printing out vaccination passports. We were able to add the booster information from the walk-in clinic at the Middleton fire hall. Thanks, Jaki.
Acknowledgements
Heather shared the snow removal, the reading, and entertainment. Edward made his usual contribution. Jaki Fraser assisted at the Library.
References
Richard Powers, 2021, Bewilderment, W.W. Norton
Peter Sanger, Elizabeth Paul, Alan Syliboy, 2007, The Stone Canoe: two lost Mi’kmaq texts, Gaspereau Press.
Henry David Thoreau, 2021, Man is Altogether Too Much Insisted Upon, Gaspereau Press.
Henry David Thoreau, 2021, The Library a Wilderness, Gaspereau Press.
Ernest Blair Experiment 