Grassroots
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Our Pancake Supper was a great success. The food was yummy and the tables looked very welcoming with their brightly coloured tablecloths, fresh flowers and candles. Everyone had a good time. We would like to thank everyone who came and made it such such an enjoyable evening. And thank-you, too, to all the volunteers who worked so hard to make it happen. We had a silent auction and prizes for both the adults and children. Can't wait till next year!
We have new magazine subscriptions so come in and check them out. Fortis has donated a power monitor to the library which you may check out to see how much energy your appliances are using.
A most exciting program offered by the library this month will be one given by Fawna Bews on "Energy Medicine." Fawna is a practitioner of holistic medicine, cranio-sacral therapy, massage therapy and a counsellor. "Her acceptance and softness create a safe place to open your heart and to learn to be O.K. with who you are," writes one of her students. She is a great proponent of preventative medicine and encourages you to be your very best self. Her workshop is on Wednesday, March 23th at 7:00pm. Please let Joan know at 558-3927 if you plan to come. On Wednesday March 9th there is a video-conference on "Does Accountability Scare You?" at 7:00pm. Also on March 9th at 12:00 to 1:30pm there is a video-conference on "Law and Living Together" which will deal with the legal rights and responsibilities of unmarried people living together. Coming up next month will be an evening with Joyce Pallister Bronsch, Author and Christian Entertainer and a talk by Dusty Jorawski on Antartica and stories of his flying adventures there.
The showing of the paintings of Jan Roenisch continues. They are wonderful and capture the spirit of the west and her portraits of animals are very endearing. Drop by to see them---you have a treat in store.
A Secret Kept by Tatiana De Rosnay, the author of Sarah's Key, is another gripping story set in Paris and at an up-scale resort on Noirmoutier Island off the coast of France. It is the story of the Rey family and it's disturbing secret from the past. It explores the complex family relationships and the power of the secret to change everything in the family's life. De Tatiana has a great empathy for broken families and teenage angst. Along with Dan Brown and Steig Larson, she has been named one of the top ten fiction writers of Europe in 2009.
Another one I enjoyed this month was The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison, short listed for the Orange Prize. It is the story of a young girl from London who is evacuated to a Yorkshire Country manor during World War II. It is an exploration of the different kinds of love there are, not just romantic ones, and the psychological study of the love affairs that develop in the book. It shows the trans-formative power of love and the great grief suffered when it ends. Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene and Scott Fitzgerald have influenced Alison. The love affairs thread themselves throughout the novel and one is touched by the character's vulnerability and their eagerness to love deeply and selflessly. As a backdrop to the novel, Alison paints the cultural and historical events of the Second World War. It is a stirring read.
Happy Reading
Sylvia Binkley
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