Out with the old and in with the new is a traditional new year’s motto. Perhaps this is a motto that we would be better off thinking of as ‘out with the old and we don’t need the new’. January is a month of purging…purging pounds, purging bad financial habits, and purging the extra ‘stuff’ that clutter our lives both physically and mentally.
The Muskoka Lakes Public Library in Port Carling has many resources that may help in the process of purging your excesses. The complete clutter solution by C. J. Petersen promises to teach you to “organize your home for good” ; Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s advice in Debt-free forever will help you to “take control of your money and your life”. Dave Chilton, “significantly older and marginally wiser”, again offers his unique perspectives on the world of money in The wealthy barber returns. Get your children on the right financial track with the help of Pat Foran, of CTV’s Consumer Alert. Foran gives excellent advice in The smart savvy young consumer : how to save and spend wisely.
The library has many, many resources to jump start your diet and exercise programs, too. What better way to start your saving plan than to check books and movies out of the library for free instead of purchasing them? What are you waiting for? If your New Year’s resolutions include the promise to yourself to stop procrastinating then come to the library today and check out what we have to offer.
Everyone is encouraged to come out to discuss Room by Emma Donoghue, the January book club selection, on Tuesday, January 31 at 1:00 at the Port Carling branch. The Friends of the Library also encourage all library fans to attend the first meeting of 2012 on February 9 at 3:30. Kniterary is a popular event held weekly at 1:00 on Thursdays. Come join the gang!
Creative Kids Club commences Saturday, January 21, Story time on Tuesdays continues, and Winter art classes at the library with Nancy Gray Ogle will commence this month. (Please contact the artist at 705-764-0212 or ngrayogle@sympatico.ca). Interested in playing cards, Scrabble, or other board games? The library is the place for these activities too!
The library, where books and so much more, abound!
Thursday, 19 January, 2012
Canadians and Literature
There are a lot of interesting Canadians sitting on the shelves of the library and they have wonderful stories to tell. Of course, the actual person is not here, but the accounts that they have penned invite you into their lives.
What compels a young, affluent Canadian to put on a uniform and risk his life for the controversial mission in Afghanistan? And how does his family cope with his loss when he is killed there?
“When I learned that my nephew, Captain Jeff Francis, had been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, I knew I had to do two things: help my sister and Jeff’s family survive his loss and—to deal with my own grief—finally understand why my nephew needed to become a soldier. Everyone thought that Jeff, who had been a thirty-year-old Ph.D. candidate in sociology, was immune to the family calling to military life. But five days before 9/11, he enlisted.” From the fateful day in 2007 when Jeff died, to his family’s long drive between CFB Trenton and Toronto where flag-bearing Canadians gathered in unprecedented numbers, Melanie Murray’s memoir For Your Tomorrow walks you through the paces of a family that has paid the ultimate price.
For years, journalist and amateur tailor JJ Lee tried to ignore the navy suit that hung at the back of his closet -- his late father's last suit. When he decides to finally make the suit his own, little does he know he is about to embark on a journey into his own past. The Measure of a Man: the story of a father, a son, and a suit is a moving and brilliantly crafted story of fathers and sons, of fitting in and standing out -- and discovering what it means to be your own man.
Can you make millions just by “visualizing yourself rich” as some business prophets suggest? Don’t buy it, says Kevin O’Leary in Cold Hard Truth: On business, money & life. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur and amass wealth, you’re going to have to work for it. But O’Leary, the much-feared and revered Dragon on the immensely popular show Dragons’ Den has good news for us: with the right guidance, focus and perseverance, you can turn entrepreneurial vision into lucrative reality and have the personal freedom that only wealth can buy.
Perhaps no other journalist has witnessed first-hand more Canadian sports milestones in the past quarter century than Hockey Night in Canada’s co-host Ron MacLean. Cornered is packed with inside accounts—some inspiring, many hilarious—from his early days as a part-time radio announcer and weather forecaster in Red Deer, Alberta, to his time hosting Hockey Night in Canada and the Olympics.
Laid up after breaking a leg, Canadian musical icon Ian Tyson learned the guitar, and drifted east, becoming a key songwriter and performer in the folk revival movement. But the West always beckoned, and when his marriage to his partner and collaborator Sylvia broke up and the music scene threatened to grind him down, he retreated to a ranch and work with cutting horses. Soon, he'd bought a ranch in Alberta and found a new voice as the renowned Western Revival singer-songwriter and horseman he is today. The Long Trail is Tyson's reflection on that journey.
Had your photo taken by library staff at one of the many past and ongoing events and activites? See if your photo made the cut by checking out the Muskoka Lakes Public Library blog, with the link to the photos, found by clicking onto the What’s New tab on the library website www.muskoka.com/library.
What compels a young, affluent Canadian to put on a uniform and risk his life for the controversial mission in Afghanistan? And how does his family cope with his loss when he is killed there?
“When I learned that my nephew, Captain Jeff Francis, had been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, I knew I had to do two things: help my sister and Jeff’s family survive his loss and—to deal with my own grief—finally understand why my nephew needed to become a soldier. Everyone thought that Jeff, who had been a thirty-year-old Ph.D. candidate in sociology, was immune to the family calling to military life. But five days before 9/11, he enlisted.” From the fateful day in 2007 when Jeff died, to his family’s long drive between CFB Trenton and Toronto where flag-bearing Canadians gathered in unprecedented numbers, Melanie Murray’s memoir For Your Tomorrow walks you through the paces of a family that has paid the ultimate price.
For years, journalist and amateur tailor JJ Lee tried to ignore the navy suit that hung at the back of his closet -- his late father's last suit. When he decides to finally make the suit his own, little does he know he is about to embark on a journey into his own past. The Measure of a Man: the story of a father, a son, and a suit is a moving and brilliantly crafted story of fathers and sons, of fitting in and standing out -- and discovering what it means to be your own man.
Can you make millions just by “visualizing yourself rich” as some business prophets suggest? Don’t buy it, says Kevin O’Leary in Cold Hard Truth: On business, money & life. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur and amass wealth, you’re going to have to work for it. But O’Leary, the much-feared and revered Dragon on the immensely popular show Dragons’ Den has good news for us: with the right guidance, focus and perseverance, you can turn entrepreneurial vision into lucrative reality and have the personal freedom that only wealth can buy.
Perhaps no other journalist has witnessed first-hand more Canadian sports milestones in the past quarter century than Hockey Night in Canada’s co-host Ron MacLean. Cornered is packed with inside accounts—some inspiring, many hilarious—from his early days as a part-time radio announcer and weather forecaster in Red Deer, Alberta, to his time hosting Hockey Night in Canada and the Olympics.
Laid up after breaking a leg, Canadian musical icon Ian Tyson learned the guitar, and drifted east, becoming a key songwriter and performer in the folk revival movement. But the West always beckoned, and when his marriage to his partner and collaborator Sylvia broke up and the music scene threatened to grind him down, he retreated to a ranch and work with cutting horses. Soon, he'd bought a ranch in Alberta and found a new voice as the renowned Western Revival singer-songwriter and horseman he is today. The Long Trail is Tyson's reflection on that journey.
Had your photo taken by library staff at one of the many past and ongoing events and activites? See if your photo made the cut by checking out the Muskoka Lakes Public Library blog, with the link to the photos, found by clicking onto the What’s New tab on the library website www.muskoka.com/library.
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