This week, we were in Kentville to discuss financial matters.
We took the opportunity to stop at the Half Acre Cafe. I went across to Gaspereau Press to see what new books had been published recently.
As part of the Gaspereau Field Guides to Canadian artists by Ray Cronin, I found #7 Alan Syliboy Culture is our Medicine. Cronin writes an essay on Syliboy’s career. The field guide also includes seven plates, illustrating his work.
Meanwhile, I have been struggling to read Colm Toibin’s essays. In Part one, Toibin describes his experience growing up in Ireland. Part 2 concerns the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican and various Popes. The third Part includes essays on ‘Putting religion in its Place: Marilynne Robinson’. Right now, I am stuck in Part 2.
Wednesday, we gathered at Anne and Bill Crossman’s in Annapolis Royal. Roger Mosher and Keith Egger joined us from Centrelea. It was an opportunity to enjoy Chinese food, and to catch up on our respective lives in Paradise, Centrelea and Annapolis Royal.
Acknowledgements
To Anne and Bill for hosting the get together. Sandra Barry swapped the Colm Toibin essays. Heather, Roger and Keith shared the lunch. Edward, returning from Florida, added the graphics.
References
Ray Cronin, 2022, Alan Syliboy: Culture is our Medicine, #7 A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists, Gaspereau Press.
ColmToibin, 2023, Essays: A Guest at the Feast, McClellan and.Stewart.
Ernest Blair Experiment 
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