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You feel like a million bucks, whenever you score something you wanted, for a song! Fresh discoveries feel fantastic, too! I had a blast at a community wide garage sale this month and for only .25c Cdn, bought this pretty book. It describes how trees live, grow, and use the various parts of their bodies in each of Canada’s dynamic seasons. You think you have an adequate idea of how photosynthesis and other plant nourishment works until you read this.
An English book I got in 2019, unexpectedly educated me, with dynamic illustrations: “I Wonder Why Trees Have Leaves And Other Questions About Plants”, 1997. Uncannily, both these marvels contain 32 pages; brimming with complex but simply imparted detailing that is new to this plant and tree lover.
Jane Dickinson’s Canadian book somehow utilized its pages with an even more impressive variety, clarity, and simplicity that I will retain. I am more invested by far, in Canadian nature education about trees and seasons that are to do with us: gentle giants I know personally, whom I hug in our own forest yard.
Andy Charman’s book weaves a mixed trivia path. For their part, authoress Jane and illustrator Tony D’Adamo, neatly group tree stages of life into question headings, with answers in brief emotional and inspirational treatises. We learn how trees are born, nourished, hibernate, awaken, and reproduce.... from their roots in the soil to their branches raised in the sky. Every page is valuable and memorable, evoking love and pride for these amazing, powerful, helpful, and essential creatures of our homeland.
“All About Trees” 1983, is in soft multicolour, with the true shapes of trunks and leaves. My parents somehow missed this “Mother Nature’s Book Collection”, that was distributed by Mohawk gas stations when I was small. I love it!...more
I relish the history I learned from “Before The Gold Rush: Flashbacks To The Dawn Of The Canadian Sound”. We shaped folk, rock, and pop in partnershipI relish the history I learned from “Before The Gold Rush: Flashbacks To The Dawn Of The Canadian Sound”. We shaped folk, rock, and pop in partnership with Americans. We sought their airwaves, they appreciated clubs paying new artists to play. Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson, Ian & Sylvia, and Gordon Lightfoot débuted in Toronto.
The 1960s needed songs that were edgier and meaningful lyrically. Nicholas Jennings left out Chuck Berry’s groove and Neil Diamond’s and Roy Orbison’s depth. However, fans wanted harder rock and pop and our own folksongs: not Britain’s. Raising our own subjects and voices rewarded mainstream music richly!
A surfeit of American record companies interfered. Our broadcasters assumed Americans had little interest in us and were cowardly about airing our songs! Enter Pierre Juneau. Radio and television were required to broadcast 30% Canadian music, on January 18, 1971! Airplay here, enabled performing there.
Nicholas did a phenomenal job on cultural provenance and group genealogies. I give this treat four stars for a few reasons. Calling everyone by last names was grating. His album recommendations were not indexed or consolidated.
Nicholas naturally had to narrow a 1960s / 1970s discussion but should feature Susan & Terry Jacks, Anne Murray, and The Bells. Praising modern east coast artists in 1997, MUST include the incomparable Rita MacNeil.
Yorkville Street sounded special, the author’s turf. I only refute that Canada’s “gold rush” began, ended, or only occurred there. The Guess Who received ample coverage but Winnipeg is a MAGICAL source, too vital to underestimate: ongoing in 2024. A few years ago, I discovered a Juno winner performing in a restaurant’s basement! Countless venues host 1970s & 1980s giants, indie songwriters, and our arena books current stars.
Did you know? The Loving Spoonful, Steppenwolf, and the Mamas & Papas had Canadian founders!...more
This booklet is so informative about snow safety, our government should send it to every Canadian! We all should know every inch of this simple, valuaThis booklet is so informative about snow safety, our government should send it to every Canadian! We all should know every inch of this simple, valuable booklet! It was printed in 1978 to encourage the multitude of cold weather activities, with clear instructions on preparedness. We Manitoba born know how to handle emergencies, only generally. This booklet’s precision is life saving! The level of instructions in brief explanations and black & white drawings is monumentally confidence building!
It is amazing that I found two .50c copies. I hoped to request more that the Manitoba Department Of Natural Resources might have stored. I sought a website of emergency instructions but only found broad, spotty advice. Natural Resources did not know how powerfully their 46 year-old tutorial tips were selected and explained. Look at this!
City dwellers’ necessities are readily available: shelter, food, transportation. Only when the city is paralysed by a snowstorm do they question the ability to survive. What if heating and electricity failed? While cars and snowmobiles enable excursions into remote areas, few people dress themselves and stock vehicles for a mechanical breakdown.
- Prevent heat-loss by wearing adequate, layered clothing. Wool is the best insulator. Add a wind-resistant outer shell. Winter footwear should allow the moisture from feet to escape. - Counteract heat-loss by eating the proper energy-producing foods. - Refrain from eating snow as it requires body energy to melt it into water. Warm drinks like soup or hot chocolate are best to replace body fluids.
In 31 incredible pages, “Manitoba Winter” also clarifies which animals migrate, hibernate, or winter with us and how they achieve it. It made time to describe snowfall records, ice formation, snow and snowflake varieties, their Inuit words.... even how to build iglooveras and quin-zhees!! I give this vital gem five stars!!!!!...more
Our province comprises vast textures of land and has numerous claims to fame. Have you dialled a “911” telephone call? You are welcome. A break from tOur province comprises vast textures of land and has numerous claims to fame. Have you dialled a “911” telephone call? You are welcome. A break from the overabundant English and American settings was exciting. Manitobans love to appear in books. For a change, towns and streets were known by me. Finding the 1981 “Manitoba Stories” collection in 2018 was wonderful.
I did not know Joan Parr had compiled and published local short stories 8 years prior. This was a rarer find, this spring in 2024. Its on-line record entails my scan of its rear cover. It furnishes a more valuable face because it gives the authors’ names. The front comprises a line contouring a row of houses.
In my notes, I wrote exuberantly that I opened this red book while gleefully putting away the treasures from my shopping expedition. Local sales are happy sprees! I only sought an example of the first page’s writing. “Courting In 1957” by David Williamson had me finishing it immediately, anticipating a suite of beautiful reading. Startlingly astute for 1957, possibly autobiographical, a girl’s parents tell teenaged lovers that they would rather they copulated at home, than be sneaky!
I liked little else. Thank God, “Winnipeg Stories” 1973, are short and fictitious. Most were grim and some were cruel, even if authors meant to demonstrate prejudice. Some were terrible in the extreme. Animals died and things turned out poorly for everyone. There is no point to such conclusions!
I honourably remember “The Pink Hat” by Rossa Williamson, wherein Brooke Eden’s windy fiasco was photographed in a newspaper. In “That Sensual Music” by Fredelle Bruser Maynard, Fredelle Bruser confidently walked home from her prom in 1938, after the streetcars Winnipeg once had, were closed. Concluding that her date was a cad, Fredelle enjoyed the silent night....more
When I review Emily Carroll, it requires an effort of juggling dichotomous elements. Cool, I have never used that adjective and correctly surmised thaWhen I review Emily Carroll, it requires an effort of juggling dichotomous elements. Cool, I have never used that adjective and correctly surmised that the noun “dichotomy” can be conjugated this way! Permit me this whimsical celebration.
Fellow Canadians receive the advantage of me trying out writing or music that is not usually in accordance with my tastes. I hate horror and tragedy. I enjoy fictional wariness, if things pan out positively. Darcy Coates writes happy endings and Emily sometimes does too. There was none in “The Prince & The Sea”. What is more, she contrived an unbelievably disgusting outcome. It can’t be discussed without revealing the conclusion of this short dilemma. Consult her website to read this 2011 comic for free, if you dare.
Another dichotomy is that I marvel at Emily’s artwork. You know her style after taking in and registering it a few times. The lines and shading of her work are sparse, making an inference of objects with a few shapes and colours, which our minds fill in as complete forms with ample details. Her drawings are elegant, sublime, and even pretty; so is her writing. Her narration and dialogue exude the old fashioned aura of “once upon a time”. Her stories have a fairytale nature with a gothic tinge. I obviously prefer them to her horror with devastating, harsh endings like this tale.
The sea runs an arm deep inland, where a prince promenaded from his nearby castle. This presented a rare chance to meet an aquatic lady. The two easily fell in love. They worked out a way to be together, as much as possible with their air-breathing and water-breathing biological needs. The visual setting and spoken sentiments were so lilting, the story was flowing pleasantly. A disturbing, grotesque conclusion was a jolting shock....more
I am glad we Irish are unlimited in things to say. It is too bad I am confronting another Emily Carroll comic that is only receiving two stars. I unceI am glad we Irish are unlimited in things to say. It is too bad I am confronting another Emily Carroll comic that is only receiving two stars. I unceasingly, unhesitatingly praise her artwork and fanciful inspiration, of her visual and written storytelling. Ever elegant, graceful, enchanting, I always hope to bestow this Canadian gal with high feedback. I hate horror but have mustered four stars for Emily’s originality, creativity, and compelling atmosphere before. I sincerely try to grade this unsettling genre accordingly.
I am no connoisseur but Darcy Coates proved that horror need not end badly. “The Mannequin” short story concluded terribly but she invested brightly in a novel. After scary action, “The Haunting Of Ashburn House” had a lovely, detailed ending.
With the brevity of comics that only yield a few captions “The Three Snake Leaves” 2013, had less space than a short story, to delve into a background or thorough explanation. Part of my low feedback is for an unclear conclusion, which I tried to work out. A prince accepted an insane clause, to be buried with his wife if she died first, or vice versa. Was she a princess prior to marriage, or because of it? Did a shortage of women goad him to agree to insanity? Did he feel sure of a longer, healthier life wherein her crazy clause would be mute?
It spoils nothing to discuss that the comic opens with the princess in decease. She is revived by a snake carrying the titular three leaves. Was the reptile called for a life restoring cure, or did they arrive by choice or chance? I can ambiguously observe that neither end of the clause applied. Therefore, how did this tale end? A drawing of the dead is unpleasant, the other cause for a low grade....more
The new science fiction author, Sylvain Neuvel, was a serendipitous discovery. With little to say about a dialogue vignette as minuscule as “Themis FiThe new science fiction author, Sylvain Neuvel, was a serendipitous discovery. With little to say about a dialogue vignette as minuscule as “Themis Files Archive File N° 247”, it is worth reiterating my uncanny source. I decline the Goodreads recommend button. A peer overlooked that and my disinterest in science fiction, with positive results. I noted Canadian origins as I deleted her notification, which I reserve for comments of my reviews. I read the synopsis and it sounded like a non crime mystery, which I seek widely. I ordered the novel secondhand and loved it.
Sylvain reinvents storytelling, a divine treat when an author can do that. You might think a novel comprised of memo files would be dull or stilted but try it and you might find, as I did, a wonderfully unexpected asset. It fast-forwards the events to the action and key details. Heart, the personal touch, and the relatable emotions like eagerness, fear, wariness, wonder, and amazement are supplied in various characters’ diaries. These fulfill the accessibility points that are essential to any story. The chaff is omitted, letting the cream rise to the top of this science fiction mystery. The mystery geared up my interest and allowed me to enjoy a largely military story, something I rarely want to read. Not least of all, originality is a trait that garners my sincere respect and Sylvain crafted it in spades.
His novel was published in 2016, supplemented by extra background dialogue in 2017: Themis Files #0.5 & #1.5. I am not eager to buy the second novel, although I will eventually read to the end of this alien puzzle. These vignettes are fun and free, meanwhile. Herein, the unknown director coaxes someone to assist his goal, however illegal the action might be. I gave this three stars....more
Happy birthday to our beloved Marigold, in loving memory today, January 7! You are a loyal Mom to four and our wonderful, orange feline Daughter. We mHappy birthday to our beloved Marigold, in loving memory today, January 7! You are a loyal Mom to four and our wonderful, orange feline Daughter. We miss you with all our hearts. We wish you were turning 14 today. Love, your children and Momma & Dad....more
Here is an anecdote from Christmas with my Dad last month, 2023. This Robert Service CD was one of his gifts from me, you see.
The first thing I seek oHere is an anecdote from Christmas with my Dad last month, 2023. This Robert Service CD was one of his gifts from me, you see.
The first thing I seek on albums, books, photographs, letters, cards.... is their year. Who issues merchandise without a date, on the insert or CD!? Its internet reference will have to come from me. Thankfully, on the recording, 1940 is identified: voilà!
No one knows my Dad enjoys poetry. He memorized some from schooldays and others that moved him. A family of talented musicians on both sides, our Dad loves good entertainment of any kind. A few years ago, I think I mentioned buying a book about the Yukon or Robert. Dad exclaimed that “The Shooting Of Dan McGrew” was one of his favourites, which he quoted the first verse of. He reminisced about a friend of an old relative reciting that poem in a stentorian manner, impressing me to imagine that good poetry is made to be performed aloud.
You can guess how delighted I was, to recently find “The Robert Service Story” on CD! It was only $1.00 CDN but the point is: Robert delivers his poems! His story is narrated by a Canadian broadcaster, Les McLaughlin; who annoyingly used the poet’s last name all the way through. That and lack of detail is why it receives three stars.
My Dad was as pleased as I imagined and we played his favourite poem. Politely, Dad observed that the delivery was lacklustre. I thought the same but replied “They are his poems and we are learning how he sounded, from before you were born”. Dad concurred but reiterated that he had heard better. We turned it off and I laugh that Dad finds Robert lacking as an orator, if not as a memorable author!
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I did not see “Home Improvement”, “Baywatch”, or “Barb Wire”. My interest is Canadians, animal warriors, and women commanding respect from an obnoxious world. I myself talk with nature, healthy and young after age 50! I have never dyed my shining brown hair. Women know we are wise and intellectual but the media impressionable public needs to smarten up.
Autobiographies share the feelings and stories of people and their professions. Authors want to be understood correctly. Sometimes storytelling is therapy for pain. Thus, Pamela Anderson had to write her way: interspersing her poetry into an unconventional book. I love her original, free flow. This is a wise, compassionate, thoughtful, superbly authored autobiography. Its quality easily earns five stars, if you are not detail oriented. My passion for provenance is largely why I have given this sensitive story three stars, with my praise recorded via these words.
“Love, Pamela”, my first edition, November 2023 birthday present, marvellously balances the family, setting, and childhood the authoress comes from, with how she is now. I must think too linearly. I greatly admire how Pamela transported us directly to events she wanted to show us, without preamble. I would feel that I needed to introduce people one by one. In contrast, Pamela chose a “need to know” basis that works. She discussed what impacted her life and explained that dates are not her forté.
Years are part of the setting in context with our world. Could I relate to these timeframes? Was Mötley Crüe’s prime over when she married Tommy Lee? Pamela expressed that she loved making “Baywatch”, without reminiscences of castmates. Are they friends? Readers would enjoy a few sentences about a world famous show. Pamela mainly mentioned dogs. Please name the kitties and other beloved animals who surely comprise your island family.
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