And now... Even Another Incredible Art Exhibition

I went down 

to the McMaster Innovation building 

to see some art.

I knew that my very talented cousin Arlene 

had some of her beautiful art work on display there...

 But, what is that I see?

More art just around the corner 

from Arlene's beautiful display...

There it is! On the wall!

Why it is my very own art!

Quel suprize!

One of my art fans 

must have contributed to the exhibition 

without my knowledge...

So I thought that I had better pose with my work.

The review is posted below.

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Here she goes again.

Anita Eleveld has,

once again,

created a masterpiece.

Titled “The Unchanging Moods of Apple”

Branching out her artistic horizons

Anita has,

in this exhibition,

tackled the ever challenging 'Still Life'

Tree-ting her subject with ap-peel,

she is blossom-ing into a bud-ding artist.

We look forward to the harvest

of future endeavours.

The pick of the crop,

McMaster is proud

(if not slightly confused)

to display this work of art.

Meryl Rocks

Meryl Streep's Acceptance Speech 

of a Golden Globe for a special award. 

Well said, Meryl, well said.

Books I have read in 2016 Part 2

 I was given this one a while ago. 

It was good.

Not always a fan of 'Christian Fiction' 

as it is often shmaltzy but this one was pretty good.

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 I was given this one a long while ago.

I did not enjoy it.

It was based on a faith group 

that I did not feel was represented accurately. 

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 Another PBS personality who I like to watch 

but like less to read.

Funny lady though.

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 Another Oprah Book Club pick.

Liked this one.

I can tell because I can remember some of it.

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 Wow. A great book.

Gripping and meaningful. Full of imagination.

The movie is coming out soon.

Might want to go see it.

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 Another Cookson book.

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 Another Oprah book club book.

Liked this one better than some 

but less than others.

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 Put me in a Christmasy frame of mind.

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 Another book from Atheist Penn Jillette, of whom I am a fan.

I listen to his podcast. I really like his essays.

Certainly do not agree with everything he says 

but I have learned plenty about 

how to be a better Christian from him.

Maybe not the goal he started out with.

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Mostly shmaltzy but there was one story I loved in here.

About pastors and too many cucumbers.

Loved that story which had some lines 

that I wished that I had written.

Most of the rest of the book was wayyy to corny for me.

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Books I have Read in 2016 Part 1

 So these are some of the books that I read in 2016

Some a joy

Some a chore

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 Another Oprah Book Club pick.

I did like this one. Mostly.

But I am afraid not Memorably.

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 A very quick that put me in a holidayish mood.

Pretty much anything Lucado writes I enjoy.

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 We had spoken of this book with some friends 

and it reminded me of how good it was.

I had read it years ago.

It was still a very good read.

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 Saw the miniseries first and then realized that I owned the book

Gave it a shot because I found the miniseries interesting.

Not quite biblically accurate but a glimpse 

into a time that no one really has the full picture of. 

This, to me, was a snapshot of how it might have been, 

a little bit, anyways.

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 Another Oprah Book Club selection

A bit of a hard book and hard to follow in some spots 

but a glimpse into a culture and time that I was touched by.

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 Oh wow. Another Oprah Book Club selection.

One that I could not get into.

In fact when reviewing the list of the read books 

I had trouble recalling that I had read it at all.

Nadda. Nothing.

I could not recall a character or a plot line.

I must have read it way to fast 

and when I realised that I was not enjoying it 

I whipped my way through the rest of it.

I will have to give it a try again sometime.'

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 Good old Catherine Cookson. 

A long-time favourite of mine.

Clearly her best work was the earlier books

But I love this author so much I will read anything of hers 

and enjoy it.

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So I got into a Catherine Cookson mood.

I am sure that I read this before but it was a 

great way to remind myself of the Kate character

 before I started the next one...............

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 The next one.

Typical Cookson

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 Picked up this one because I was in the middle of watching the entire Dick Van Dyke Show on YouTube.

Loved the tv series and the book was utterly delightful.

He takes us along on his wonderful ride through life.

Dick, you charmed me thoroughly.

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I have seen Dyer on PBS 

and have enjoyed his talks/teachings a number of times 

and thought that I would pick up one of his books.

What a load of gobbledy gook.

I am sure that some would get something entirely different 

out of it than I did.

I did try to 'get it' but it seems these guru's 

seem to find different ways to say the same things.

Live a good life and you will live a good life.

It was a chore to read. My loss I am sure.