
“Do you know any of these guys (characters) in this book?”
Ann Edall-Robson Author, Photographer, Lover of Life "Capturing moments others may never get to experience." |
Growing up, life, and events happened because they just did. As I got older, I had a different take on that thought, and every so often something would filter through my day creating a déjà vu moment. I maybe shrugged this off, but it got archived somewhere in the grey matter for future reference. ![]() I was twelve years old the first time I read the trilogy by Richmond P. Hobson Jr. — a.k.a. Rich Hobson. Book one, Grass Beyond the Mountains took place some thirty years before I opened the cover. It didn’t take me long to grasp that I knew some parts of the country the setting was established in. Some would say it was in our so-called backyard. And how cool was it that he passed through our area to get to his destination. Naming towns along the way that were part of my life. At that age, what I wasn’t acquainted with were the people in the book. Who better to talk to than someone I presumed knew everything, and maybe everyone…my dad. I did most of the talking and dad would nod, and occasionally answer a question or two that I threw out there, like: “Do you know any of these guys (characters) in this book?” View Original Post 562 more words.
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We have several Christmas traditions we enjoy, but I think my favourite is the Treasure Hunt. When our children were small, and it came time to prepare or finish preparing the Christmas morning breakfast, it was sometimes hard to pull myself away from their excitement to take care of the breakfast chore. The Treasure Hunt became the event to give me the opportunity to go to the kitchen and they could wind down from the excitement of opening gifts. It took some pre-planning, but that was part of the fun. In the early years, the clues were often pictures cut from old catalogues and magazines. A visual clue with the name of the item printed beside it took them to the location of the next clue. Much like some of the pictures used in today’s emojis found in writing text messages. At the end of the hunt, they would find their special gift and breakfast would be ready. To keep it interesting, each child had a different set of clues and each treasure could or would be in a different room. Often as not, it would somehow be sitting in plain sight all the time they were on the hunt. As they got older the clues I came up with needed to be a bit more imaginative. They soon realized that an odd ‘something’ in their stockings was, in fact, the first clue of the hunt. They learned to take time opening gifts, checking the back of gift tags and listening to the conversations about gifts opened. Completely reading each tag became a must! When they were old enough to have a driver’s license, the clues got ramped up even further. Sending them off on a tour to find road signs and landmarks with words they needed and sometimes stopping at friends (previously arranged) to gather up more information on their quest to the find the treasure. As adults, they still expect to have a Treasure Hunt when we are all together for Christmas, and so the tradition continues. Share your traditions with us. I would love to hear about them. Ann Edall-Robson
Author, Photographer, Lover of Life "Capturing moments others may never get to experience." Potters, Painters, Writers, Jewelry Makers all brought together to celebrate the arts and create the second Voice and Vision artisan anthology. At the beginning of the project, we are anonymously paired. The original artist's work is on display and it is the artists who are given the opportunity to choose a blank, sealed envelope with the writer's original written piece. Thus determining which writer will be partnered with which artist. In May of 2017, the wordsmiths and the visual artists met for the first time. There were fourteen pieces of art on display and fourteen sealed envelopes containing the writer's submissions. Provoke by the talented Alesha Brown had my attention from the onset of entering the room. Luck was definitely on my side when Alesha chose my envelope and I was ecstatic, to say the least! With only a few short months to complete the response pieces to each of our original submissions, it was time to get to work. The Voice and Vision 2017 project ended at the Airdrie Public Library with an evening of the artist's work on display and the writers reading their artist-inspired work.
This is the second year for this project, and also the second year an artisan anthology has been published. The pages are filled with pictures of original art and writing inspired by these pieces. We have limited copies of the Voice and Vision artisan anthologies are available for sale. Ann Edall-Robson
Author, Photographer, Lover of Life "Capturing moments others may never get to experience." |
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