New Reading

This week has ended on a high note. After car inspection at Kings County Honda in Kentville, we went to Tides Contemporary Art Gallery.

They had on display three books by Dick Groot: one on the closure of Minas Basin Pulp and Power; a second — more biographical — on his interest in photography. I picked up the third, “Come from Away: Artists of the Minas Basin”. Dick photographed twelve local artists, all drawn to the Bay of Fundy landscape. He also references the poet John Herbin and the collection, The Marshlands and the Trail of the Tide. Herbin lived here from 1860 to 1923(see previous post “Canning Trip“)

Through Lawrencetown library I received two books by Merilyn Simonds. Gutenberg’s Fingerprint and A New Leaf. Since I am only part way through the first, I passed A New Leaf to gardener, Heather.

Gutenberg’s Fingerprint has a similar style to “Woman, Watching”. It interweaves the personal experiences of the author within the context of the book theme ‘Paper, pixels and the lasting impression of books’. To date, I am at the paper stage. How paper was invented and used through the ages. This reminded me of the look and feel of the books published by Gaspereau Press. Another hidden jewel in Kentville.

Postscript

From Nicholas Hoare, Toronto bookmark:

“A Taste for Books is the Pleasure and Glory of my Life. I would not exchange it for the Riches of the Indies.”

Acknowledgements

I look forward to Heather’s review of A New Leaf. It describes Simonds garden, outside of Kingston, Ontario.

Andrew Ronay sent me a photograph of the Under 14 rugby team at Chiswick Grammar School, shot in 1958 (Which one is the author?).

Edward applied his graphics talent.

References

Dick Groot, 2012, Come from Away: Artists of the Minas Basin, a documentary of a little known migration, Light Through Studio.

Merilyn Simonds, 2017, Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: paper, pixels and the lasting impression of books, ECW.

Merilyn Simonds, 2011, A New Leaf: Growing with my Garden, ECW.