Our Subscription Prize: an advance peek

Jean Claude Roy, whose generousity is as large as talent, and that's saying something, has given us this stunning work for our subscription prize this year. It will be featured on our cover and you'll get the chance to see the real thing at our Craft Fair booths and other selected sites.
Work on the issue continues, with copy deadline approaching and design and edits scheduled over the next few weeks. Between these tasks I hope to make at least a few short road trips, to Grand Bank and Trinity. So I'm signing off on this blog for the latter part of August, and I hope you, too, get a bit of a break and a chance to truly enjoy this last bit of summer. See you back here in September, when we'll be launching Vol. 103. no 2!

(Image: Grand Bruit, by Jean Claude Roy.)

Sunday: a 'large' day, and same for the beach action

Even a land-lubbing townie such as myself can't help but notice that our shoreline seems clogged with minke whales. Guess they are in after the caplin, but, whatever, gosh, they make for a gorgeous show.

(Image: tripadvisor.com.)

Peter Hart 1963-2010

I have a feeling many readers of this blog knew him, or certainly knew of him. Here's a Globe piece that ran today.

Winterset in Summer 2010

Anyone heading to this prestigious festival? (Attn fellow CBC Radio junkies: You're sure to catch Michael Enright there.) We're packing up some NQs for distribution - not that the event will be short on reading material, of course.

(Image: beachesheritagecentre.ca)

A time to read, and a time to watch tv series box sets

Summer reading lists are a seasonal staple - Infinite Jest*, anyone? - and all the more reason to hie to the library. Usually I get there every couple of weeks, and I've been noticing - I'm late on the ball, I know - that our local excellent library also offers dvds and tv shows and docs and they are FREE yes FREE. Here's what I'm watching between the reruns of Republic of Doyle.

(Image: edopter.com.)

*This one I'm saving for an upcoming plane trip.

A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Cupids

I was lucky enough to attend a special preview of this Rabbittown production - it opens August 5 in Cupids and it's going to be wonderful. Feel the need to brush up on the play before viewing? No problem, here's the text, makes for a great read in a midsummer garden on a midsummer evening.

(Image: The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1846) by Sir Joseph Noel Patton, wordpress.com.)