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Hello folks,
Maybe you're at a Halloween party. It seems the occasion is 5 days long this year. But whatever you are busy at, may your energies renew after sleep. May we wake to see all people, plants, animals, living beings as precious. When we care for people and things, we also care for self. May you nourish you too, and live every day you're alive.
Funding Drive Time
at CKCU. The big push is on. For 2 weeks each year the community radio stations asks listeners for cash for hard costs, like transmitting thingamajigs. The station wants to raise $135,000 but our little Literary Landscape has a target of $500. Not quite halfway in by time, we're at $200. Right on track if more send their promises as well. You can call or donate online. It is all secure. Coming up on the show are Vera Wabegijig in November and and David Groulx in December. Not sure what the Christmas/New Years show will be yet. You can playback shows at the station.
In other news, the pet radish, shrunken has won(!!) the Lampman Award. There was a lovely ceremony at City Hall with the mayor and members of CBC and the Ottawa Public Library along with the Ottawa Book Award in French and English, for fiction and non-fiction. Pictured here is Frances Boyle of Arc Magazine presenting the award.
The best part is the happiness expressed by people rooting for the red root. The book now has a fancy new sticker it can wear. At Perfect Books in Ottawa there are signed copies too if you want to get a look. And Christmas is coming. Great stocking stuffer. Or order fast and get them to give out at Halloween. ;)
I have since met two fans of the book who tell me they enjoy rereading it. Wowser.
I'm still reading at the 95 book challenge but this year I'm including chapbooks. I'm up to book or chapbook 143. (Coincidentally the average page count is also 143.)
My most enjoyed reads lately? Hominids by Robert J Sawyer (Tor, 2002), The Outsider by Albert Camus (Penguin Classic, 1942) and Walsh: a play by Sharon Pollock (Talon books, 1973). Oddly different takes on humanity but all about the assumptions of "correct" ideology. Also fascinating but enjoyable is: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State U, 2003).
Until next time, keep reading and keep writing,
Pearl