wartime Manhattan's OTHER Project: "Aktion 4f"

Michael Marshall is trying to butter me up for something, I am not sure what !

He has just blogged, specifically crediting me for making him change the title of his ebook.

Not true, I don't really get this new title  "Aktion 4F" .

He explained to me that Martin Henry Dawson was trying to rebuke all Aktion T4 type thinking,( sacrificing those "4Fs of the 4Fs" judged to be 'life unworthy of life') not just in Germany but in America as well.

But it is true that I always liked his original title of "Wartime Manhattan's Other Project"  and always pushed for it - and he seems to have brought it back , at least a subtitle.....

SPACE AND PLACE art show at Seaforth Community Hall

All through January , Rowland Marshall is displaying some of his acrylic paintings (and at least one oil painting done in Bermuda in 1948), at the Seaforth Community Hall.

Seaforth is along Highway 207, part of Marine Drive and the highway through Seaforth really hugs the open ocean - you can see clear through to Portugal !

This isn't the first time Rowland has displayed some of his paintings - far from it - but I think it might be his first solo show and definitely his first solo show in Seaforth .

A group in that community sponsors a different local artist each month to hang on the walls of Seaforth's Community Hall - which has one of the nicest sea views of any community hall along the Eastern Shore.

I'd put it right up there with the view from the Petpeswick Yacht Club when they have an Art Show.

A e-book catalogue of the show is in the works - I might even take some of the photos for it.....

See you there - grand opening is this Sunday, Jan 9 2011 - see below:

Off to Permaculture Workshops EAC

Its all happening July 31st-August 1st 2010 at Fern Lane EAC's nice new home in Halifax.

Adrian Buckley from the South Shore is one of the presenters.

I hope to green up my garden - and my life  - even more!

Metro Transit misses, but CHAD rocks !

by AVA JANE, transportation & entertainment editor

Saturday, my little brother (aka MR RYAN, if you please) and me and Rebecca went off to Mic Mac Mall on a - wait for it - a CITY BUS.

WOW !

Mr Ryan was soooooo impressed.

He'd never been on anything but a yellow school bus and maybe Acadian Lines - but now he had a great view of the Bridge to Dartmouth and the big harbour.

The bus driver said we might see a glimpse of the Gay Pride parade but it had been re-routed - sadly no sightings to report !

BUT - but, we did get to hear some of the Concert on the Commons (thankfully ,The Black Eyed Peas hadn't arrived yet - Mommy was pleased we got over that hump ) - instead we heard a nice singer from Cole Harbour .

You rock Chad !

Now that I am back in Hub-City, I will keep up my blogging - because - "a good reporter is NEVER off duty..."

A little doll can mean so much

by AVA JANE, seniors reporter

Friday, Rebecca and I went to the monthly "OUT TO LUNCH"

lunch, aka the St Mary's University Faculty Women's Association, at Lillian's home.

We had a lovely lunch and Lillian , who is normally quite reserved, told me about her little blond doll that she had fallen upon at a yard sale at Northwood Manor.

It looked exactly like one she had to leave behind in Europe when the Nazis came in and it reminded her so much of her happy life before the War.

MO goes PO: Photos of Martin Henry Dawson

Still the best place in town to get those oh so scarce photos/images/pictures/photographs of Martin Henry Dawson:

MO goes PO: Photos of Martin Henry Dawson:

"HERE IS A SMALL COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARTIN HENRY DAWSON"

My tummy was Phil-ed at Phil's

by AVA JANE , food reporter

For supper, Michael took me and Rebecca to Phil's Seafood on Quinpool Road.

Good food, good prices, great staff and service.

Best of all - a children's menu and a coloring book and crayons.....

Jock does my hair up right

by AVA JANE, fashion reporter

Today I went downtown with Rebecca to get my hair by a "Big Person's hairdresser" - Jock of CAS SPA .

He does Rebecca's hair, and my mother and dad - and my great aunt Donna as well.

He said I was 'gorgeous' - did my head swell !

Then we had lunch at subway - yummy ....

Meinhard Doelle putting up more Solar Panels

by AVA JANE, energy reporter

This morning, I heard some men making noise outside and asked them what they were doing - they were putting more solar panels on the roof of my friend Nikola's house.

I was surprised they were willing to work just after a huge clap of thunder and lightening burst about a half kilometre away -- brave men - some people in Rebecca's house were still shaken hours later when we met them at Park Lane....

Inha tells of hungry North Korean children

by AVA JANE, Diplomatic reporter

On my second day at JUNIOR MEDIA CAMP at PIER 21, we learned that children in North Korea are very hungry and they have to obey the bosses or they die.

Mrs Inha told us that people can't leave and it is very hard even to get in to help.

We are lucky to live in Canada...