A very small collection of some of my bookmarks.
Some of you spent this past weekend deep in your books, taking part in Dewey's Read-A-Thon. There's always so much enthusiasm around the event--I can't imagine though how any of you get any reading in with all the Twitter chatter, mini challenges, and blog hopping that takes place. Somehow you do it though! I hope those of you who did take part had fun and got in all the reading you hoped to.
Although I didn't participate, I did manage to squeeze in some reading time this weekend, finishing off two books, one of which I have been reading for a couple of months. Both were very different books: one a paranormal/urban fantasy novel, The Water Witch by Juliet Dark, and the other being literary fiction, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri. I hope to spend some time this week writing up reviews. I've actually got a handful of reviews of books I have been reading ready for you. Or at least they're mostly ready to go. They need a good polishing before I post them.
In audio, I am listening to Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed, narrated by George Guidall. It's over 25 hours long, so it will be a while before I finish it. I'm about four hours into the book, having just finished the chapter where Caelum, the lead character, reminisces about his childhood and his relationship with his father. The book is set around the time of the Columbine school shooting. Caelum's wife, Maureen, was a school nurse, on campus at the time of the shooting. This book is pure fiction, but it deals with the impact such a tragedy has on a person--on a family. At least that's what the book's description says. Really though, the book is about so much more.
I most recently started reading D.A. Mashini's mystery, The Missing File, set in Israel. It's still too early to offer up an opinion, but so far so good!
Let's not talk about my progress--or lack there of--with War and Peace. I haven't given up, but I have definitely stalled.
An opening may not make or break a book, but they are important. Especially for someone like me who needs an instant hook or else I might start looking elsewhere.
Across the desk from him sat a mother. Another mother.
She was the third he had seen this shift. The first had been too young, and pretty too, with a tight-fitting white T-shirt and wonderful collarbones. She had complained that her son had been beaten up outside the school hard, and he had listened to her patiently, promising that her complaint would be dealt with seriously. The second had demanded that the police send out a detective to follow her daughter and find out why she speaks in whispers on the telephone and locks her bedroom door at night.
This sounds like a good one Wendy...I'd keep reading. Feel free to add your link to my post. Thanks so much for joining in.
I am enjoying it. I was hoping the munchkin would go to bed at a decent hour last night so I could read a little more, but no such luck.
That Wally Lamb book is something. It is like three books in one, which is confusing a little but still amazing. I didn't participate in the readathon either, and usually the spring one is something I can pull off! Blah. Maybe next year.
Sandy - I am glad you mentioned Lamb's book being like three in one. I was kind of wondering. The back description for the book seems so . . . limited. Especially since the first few hours of the book haven't had anything to do with the description. But I know Lamb and I know what kind of books he writes.
Hopefully next year you can join in on the read-a-thon. :-) I have yet to join in one. Someday . . .
I've had the Wally Lamb on my radar for a while - especially on audio, as I love Guidall's narration.
I'm in the middle of four different books right now - all different and all good! A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash; London Falling by Paul Cornell; A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor; and Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.
Carrie - I like the sound of Guidall's voice. Although, I admit I've been listening to the book at a slightly faster pace at times since it is so long, and Guidall takes his time reading.
Wow! Four different books! I was there not too long ago. LOL I really want to read London Falling. I hope you enjoy your reading!
Interested to hear your thoughts on The Water Witch, I've heard both good and bad about it and would be interested to know what 'made' you take so long reading it (if the time was due to the book, of course). I think I would keep reading the Mishani, I really like that first sentence, full of possibilities for what's happening.
Charlie - I really enjoy Juliet Dark's books. It was actually Nayeri's book, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea which took me awhile to read. I had Water Witch done in a couple of days.
Mishani's book is interesting. I am beginning to wonder if it is less a mystery and more of a quiet thriller. The difference for me being whether we know the whodunit up front or not.
Not an opening paragraph that would make me want to read more but then again I'm so stubborn that once I begin a book I have to finish it.
Loving the picture of your bookmarks, I also have quite a collection as to me turning the corners of a book over is a big no-no.
I have to be pretty desperate to turn down a corner. And that means no tissue, no receipts, not paper clips, no pens, no nothing lying around that can substitute. I'd rather remember the page number, frankly. I love my bookmarks. I narrowed down my collection a few years ago, but I still have quite a few. I rotate them out now and then so they all get used.
I love your bookmarks :) My youngest daughter recently made me some and they are my current favorites!
I'm reading Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's quite good!
I look forward to your review of Sisterland when you finish it!
I would keep reading. I've stalled on War and Peace too, right in the middle, but I will get back to it sometime!
I haven't read anything by Wally Lamb since She's Come Undone. The Hour I First Believed sounds good so far from what you've said, so maybe I should change that!
I read War and Peace one summer in university when I had more time and some parts are definitely a slog. I hope you persevere, though, I think it's worth it.
Meghan - I really liked Wally Lamb's other books so am hoping this one will continue to be as good.
Interesting to know more about this one!
Thanks for visiting and commenting on my blog (Rabid Bookworm).
Rabid Bookworm - The mystery isn't quite what I expected, but I am enjoying it so far.
Just finished The Aviator's Wife and a mystery from my TBR stack, a Kate Shugak mystery, The Singing of the Dead, by Dana Stabenow.
I left a bookmark in War and Peace a few years ago!! LOL!!! You have a lot of great books in the process. I'm listening to The Good House, participating in a RAL of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (loving it!), and reading The One I Left Behind (gory and gruesome!!) Have a great week!!
I've heard such good things about The Good House. I hope you are enjoying it! I had wanted to join you all for The Wind-Up Bird but knew one month wouldn't be enough for me, not with my other reading. :-( I'll get to it though! I hope you have a good week too!
I have fun prowling around the read-a-thonners during my mini-challenge. Such a great reading event. Hard to participate with a toddler, but I'm hoping for fall!


I began this painting by sponging the base coat with various pastel hues. Once that dried, I added solid circles in different sizes and colors throughout the canvas. The next stage was done over several sessions, where I added details in a free-spirited fashion. I really enjoy the uninhibited style that I have created on this layered non-subjective abstract. As I paint, I don't know where the painting will end up, I just go with the flow. The repeated hearts, triangles and flowers give the piece a theme, and the sweeping two tone yellow / white ribbon pulls it all together, leading your eye on a journey through the intricate elements I have painted.
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The overall cost of living in Slovakia (and average salary) is considerably lower than in many other European countries, though with the introduction of the Euro on 1st January 2009 prices seem to have risen dramatically.
We are awaiting a list of updated prices for the usual grocery items such as bread and milk.
A three-course restaurant meal with beer or wine can generally be purchased for well under 10 pounds sterling.
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Edition 146: Oct-Dec 2021
Normalising the New Normal
Claiming justice amid the ruins
Written by Hilmar Farid
Category: Edition 71: Jul-Sep 2002
Separatism
Hilmar Farid
Five hours drive south of East Timor's capital Dili, Ainaro township looked beautiful that morning. As the sun drew up the last of the dew, crowds could be seen pouring into town for the big day. A convoy of refugees from West Timor was about to return. Together with 200,000 others, these people had been driven out by the scorched-earth campaign of the Indonesian military TNI, the police and pro-integration militias.
Dozens of trucks and minibuses were spotted in the distance. 'Refugiados sira mai!' (The refugees are here!) some youths shouted. Everyone stood up, scrutinising the vehicles as they passed. Tired and tense faces on the trucks. The atmosphere relaxed when some bystanders called out to people they knew. They ran along with the trucks and, not waiting for the tailgate to open, leapt up. One young man kissed the head of an old woman, yelling almost hysterically.
Not everyone was welcoming. Some youths stood back just watching. 'Who knows, there could be militias among them', they said. Rumours of militias infiltrating among returning refugees had long been heard. Indeed some in this convoy were ex-militias who had chosen to return once they realised TNI and the Indonesian government wanted to close the book and send them back to Timor Lorosae.
It was a reasonable suspicion. No comprehensive investigation has yet explained all the many incidents of violence in 1999. Untaet's Serious Crimes Unit has gathered information on ten big cases and about 640 others all over Timor Lorosae. The Human Rights Unit is also doing research. Reports of lost family members or other violence-related losses continue to come in. Yet still the people have no full report on what actually happened.
In the midst of this uncertainty and lack of clarity, Timorese elites want to push ahead with a reconciliation process. 'It's time to look to the future, let us forget the past', is the leaders' refrain. President Xanana Gusmao has even offered a general amnesty for any who committed crimes in the past. Not everyone agrees. 'How can we forgive others if we don't even know what they did wrong?', says Martinho Gusmao, a priest in Baucau. But there is no further discussion. The elites have decided that physical development must be the priority, not truth and justice.
The leaders have been promoting this course since before the referendum. But every peace agreement was always broken within a few hours, increasingly robbing the word 'reconciliation' of meaning. The main problem was that the most important players in the conflict, TNI and the Indonesian police, were not sitting at the negotiating table. Yet it was they who were arming, funding and training the pro-integration militias.
Ainaro was among the worst affected by the destruction. For its people, elite peace agreements and reconciliation mean very little. 'A head cannot walk without its body,' said Agapito Bianco, from Cassa village, at a reconciliation meeting in Ainaro last November. 'We only see the militia rank-and-file returning, not their heads. It's as if those who gave the orders are eating a juicy steak; they throw us the bones, and we fight among each other over the bones.'
Initiatives such as this meeting have the support of local leaders and NGO's like the human rights organisation Yayasan HAK. The aim is to bring survivors together with suspected perpetrators, to hear one another's stories. This is difficult, because many ex-militias deny they were involved in violence even in the face of eyewitness evidence. Former militia leader Joao Pereira, also from Cassa, illustrates the difficulty when he says ambiguously: 'We have to reveal everything, so the families of those who died know. If we are not open, people will continue to bear a grudge, even if we are innocent. We have to tell in public who we are, so that when people meet us in the street everything will be OK and there will be no fear.'
Cassa was known as the main base for the Mahidi militia. The group was involved in horrible atrocities in 1999. Its leader Cancio Lopes de Carvalho proudly told SBS televion how his troops ripped open the belly of a pregnant woman, and shot old people whose families were suspected Falintil supporters. Pereira and his men confess to taking part in some operations but say they never killed anyone. That is why they were prepared to return to Timor Lorosae once the Indonesian government had withdrawn its support.
At the meeting, several survivors and victims' relatives tell of the appalling things that happened to them. The faces of the ex-militia men show deep sorrow after hearing the results of what they did. 'My husband was murdered then burned, then his body was given to the dogs. He died because he wanted freedom,' says Maria de Conceicao, from Maununo village. Now she has to bring up their five children alone. 'I can't go to my gardens because I am sick and thin. For two years I didn't know where to turn, my house had been burned down, nothing was left. The Red Cross came once and gave me 18 sheets of zinc, but it didn't help much because I still can't work.'
The meeting had no powers to demand a legal accounting. But the discussion and the listening showed that the problem was not as simple as finding the perpetrators and putting them in jail. 'What's the use of jailing them?' asks Aniceto Guterres Lopes, former director of Yayasan HAK who now heads the truth and reconciliation commission (see box). 'They should be put on trial, that's true. But will that bring the problem to an end?'
Aniceto faces an extraordinary challenge. He knows the violence not only left a large number dead, but destroyed Timor's social fabric and caused such immense material losses that it will take exceptional efforts to rebuild from zero. 'It isn't easy', he says. 'We can't just ask people to shake hands and then think it's over.' The idea of grassroots reconciliation meetings such as this was a way of breaking through the deadlock the elites are in. At least they can identify the widespread consequences of the violence, and also expose the truth as told by both survivors and those accused as perpetrators.
The November meeting was not the first. Customary elders and youth leaders had earlier taken a similar initiative to help resolve the increasingly complex refugee-militia problem. The UN refugee agency UNHCR conducted the repatriation by giving more attention to the refugees (including militias among them) than to those who had stayed in Timor Lorosae and coped with the aftermath alone. 'This gave rise to envy', said Aniceto. 'People couldn't understand why those who committed murder and arson were given help so readily, whereas the victims were left to fend for themselves.'
In view of these unhealthy signs, the people chose to take the initiative themselves. After long discussions it was finally decided that ex-militias involved in violence should give an accounting of themselves in a traditional way, by rebuilding what they had destroyed such as schools and houses. 'This didn't mean they were then freed from their legal obligations. That's a matter for the government and the law courts later. This is the people's way of imposing sanctions and after that accepting them back openly. But those who were involved have to be taken to court,' says Aniceto Neves, a Yayasan HAK staff member whose older brother was killed in Ainaro by a Mahidi militia group.
All the participants, whether victims and their relatives or perpetrators, realise the limitations of this forum. But at least it was a simple step forward on a new path out of the bureaucratic deadlock and the political circus of an elite that seems never to really care for the people's problems - not even those who not so long ago were waving the banner of the people's freedom.
Hilmar Farid (hilmarfarid@eudoramail.com) was a volunteer in East Timor in 1999, and has visited repeatedly since then. He edits the Jakarta cultural magazine Media Kerja Budaya (http://www.geocities.com/mkb_id/).
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
A Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor has been formally established in East Timor. The Commission is an independent authority which aims to achieve dual goals of reconciliation and justice. It will operate for two years, and has three primary functions:
First, it will seek the truth regarding human rights violations in East Timor within the context of the political conflicts between 25 April 1974 and 25 October 1999. The Commission will establish a truth-telling mechanism for victims and perpetrators to describe, acknowledge and record human rights abuses of the past.
Second, it will facilitate community reconciliation by dealing with past cases of lesser crimes such as looting, burning and minor assault. In each case, a panel comprised of a Regional Commissioner and local community leaders will mediate between victims and perpetrators to reach agreement on an act of reconciliation to be carried out by the perpetrator.
Third, it will report on its findings and make recommendations to the government for further action on reconciliation and the promotion of human rights.
The Commission does not have the power to grant amnesty to perpetrators of human rights violations. However, those who fulfill the terms of a community reconciliation agreement will be immune from any further civil or criminal liability for those acts.
The Commission will complement the formal judicial process. Any evidence of serious crimes such as murder, rape or the organisation of systematic, widespread violence will be referred to the Office of the General Prosecutor. Serious crimes will continue to be handled exclusively by the Special Panels established under Regulation 2000/15.
The Commission is supported by the Timorese leadership.
Untaet Press Office, January 2002. More details: www.easttimor-reconciliation.org.
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The Morning Watch: 'The Mask' Movie Compared To Comic, 'Stranger Things' Scene Breakdown & More
By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 5:00 am EST
In this edition, find out how The Mask movie starring Jim Carrey compares to the weird, original comic book series that inspired it. Plus, watch a Stranger Things season three scene breakdown by arguably the best team-up of the season, and listen to Lou Bega's 1999 chart-topping hit song "Mambo No. 5" as sung by the dialogue of 156 different movies.
The Mask might be a goofy comedy starring Jim Carrey, but, as CineFix illustrates here in The Mask movie comparison, it's remarkably different from the comic book that inspired it. Originally, New Line Cinema hoped The Mask would be a twisted sort of horror comedy since the comic features plenty of 1980s style violence and dark laughs, but instead, it went for full-on comedy inspired by classic cartoons.
Next up, Stranger Things season three cast members Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, and Maya Hawke (the best team this season) guide us through the scene where they're sneaking around the secret, underground Russian base located below Starcourt Mall. The three provide some insight into the making of this sequence and also determine which of the Scooby-Doo gang they would be.
Finally, The Unusual Suspect took clips from 156 movies and used their dialogue to sing the lyrics of the 1999 hit song "Mambo No. 5" by one-hit wonder Lou Bega. Do you recognize every single movie used in this extensive musical mash-up? If not, you can check out the entire list of them in the order that they appear in the video (unfortunately without timecodes) right here.


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Muslim Barbarian Group ISIS Beheads Second British Aid Worker, Says U.S. Army Vet Is Next
By Heather Clark on October 4, 2014 1 Comment
The Islamic terrorist group ISIS, also identifying themselves as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a fourth beheading video, executing another British aid worker who had been providing humanitarian assistance in Syria.
The video, entitled "Another Message to America And Its Allies," begins with footage of a news report outlining the British Parliament's vote to approve airstrikes against ISIS. It then shows the same backdrop as the last three videos, with UK citizen Alan Henning kneeling on the ground next to a masked man dressed in black.
'I am Alan Henning," he says. "Because of our parliament's decision to attack the Islamic state, I, as a member of the British public, will now pay the price for that decision."
The executioner, referred to by some as Jihadi John, then likewise blames the British Parliament for Henning's death.
"The blood of David Haines was on your hands, Cameron," he states, referring to UK Prime Minister David Cameron. "Alan Henning will also be slaughtered, but his blood is on the hands of the British parliament."
The ISIS fighter then steps forward to behead Henning, and the screen turns to black. Henning's body is then seeing lying on the ground.
In the footage, the executioner threatens that U.S. Army vet Peter Kassig is next to be killed. Kassig is seen in the video dressed in an orange jumpsuit like Haines.
"Obama, you have started your aerial bombardment of Shams (Syria), which keeps on striking our people," the masked man states, "so it is only right that we continue to strike the neck of your people."
Kassig, 26, had been kidnapped last year in Syria while working for the relief organization that he founded to provide aid to refugees.
"The brutal murder of Alan Henning by ISIL shows just how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are," Cameron remarked in a statement following the release of the video. "Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of need. The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and now murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ISIL terrorists."
Barack Obama also spoke out against Henning's killers.
"The United States strongly condemns the brutal murder of United Kingdom citizen Alan Henning by the terrorist group ISIL," he said. "Mr. Henning worked to help improve the lives of the Syrian people and his death is a great loss for them, for his family and the people of the United Kingdom."
"Standing together with our UK friends and allies, we will work to bring the perpetrators of Alan's murder, as well as the murders of Jim Foley, Steven Sotloff and David Haines, to justice," Obama continued. "Standing together with a broad coalition of allies and partners, we will continue taking decisive action to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL."
British aid worker David Haines was murdered by the organization last month, and American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff lost their lives as well in being beheaded by ISIS.
Muslim Barbarian Group ISIS Beheads Second British Aid Worker, Says U.S. Army Vet Is Next added by Heather Clark on October 4, 2014


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'Skyglow' Kickstarter Takes On Light Pollution of the Night Sky
This photo, taken from Mount Wilson, shows light pollution over downtown Los Angeles.
(Image: © Gavin Heffernan/Harun Mehmedinovic/www.SkyglowProject.com)
After spending years wowing the astronomy world with gorgeous time-lapse views of the stars, two astrophotographers have teamed up for a new project: raising awareness of light pollution.
Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic hope to raise $70,000 via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to create an astrophotography book and a video time-lapse series showing dark skies in the United States and Canada. The project, which closes Sunday (May 10), is called SKYGLOW, a term referring to the brightening caused by light pollution. You can see a video of how SKYGLOW will work here.
Heffernan, who lives in Southern California, said that the lights of Los Angeles clearly show up in time exposure pictures taken from 150 miles (240 kilometers) away. He said the need to avoid such light-polluted areas sparked a discussion that led to SKYGLOW.
Most of the money raised during the Kickstarter campaign will go to printing and shipping the books to an estimated 3,000 people, with the remainder budgeted for a trip through the United States and Canada to take pictures from various spots, including dark-sky preserves.
With $55,000 raised as of Thursday (May 7), the project may not end up being funded, Mehmedinovic acknowledged. However, the founders said the effort will at least raise awareness about the effects of light pollution, which not only hinders skywatching but has also been traced to changes in animal activity.
Galactic star trails spin over the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2015. (Image credit: Harun Mehmedinovic/Gavin Heffernan/www.SkyglowProject.com)
"Even if we don't succeed," Mehmedinovic said, "we still have something because of awareness of the issue. We have appealed directly to the people and not some middle person."
A typical shoot will require five to seven cameras between the two photographers, a number called for due to the quantity of pictures taken. According to Mehmedinovic, a time lapse of just 10 to 20 seconds incorporates 250 to 450 images.
A time-lapse project can easily fill up a 4-terabyte hard drive, enough space for a typical consumer to store hundreds of movies.
Once the images are taken, they have to be processed and then exported through more software before being uploaded to the Web.
"It's a very time-consuming process that eats up [hard-drive] space at an incredible rate," Mehmedinovic said.
You can view the Kickstarter campaign at http://www.skyglowproject.com. More information on the project is available at http://www.sunchaserpictures.com/ and http://www.bloodhoney.com/, the personal websites of Heffernan and Mehmedinovic, respectively.
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The Federation holoship was a prototype Federation starship which was constructed by Section 31 and launched in 2375.
The holoship was built to serve as a transporter holodeck which would be used to create holographic environments to simulate the Ba'ku village and confuse the Ba'ku and convince them that they were still on their planet. The holoship was then employed by Admiral Matthew Dougherty and Ru'afo, so that the 600 Ba'ku could be evacuated without their knowledge, so that Starfleet and the Son'a could obtain the metaphasic radiation inherent in the planet's rings. (DS9 novel: Abyss; TNG movie: Star Trek: Insurrection)
Before the plan was executed, the ship was cloaked and concealed at the bottom of a lake near the Ba'ku village. However, it was later detected by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Lieutenant Commander Data of the USS Enterprise-E. The holoship was later brought back into orbit by Lt. Commander Worf, and was used to transport the command crew from the bridge of Ru'afo's flagship. The holoship's transporters have also been modified to beam people up without their knowledge, both by removing the visual effects and the sensation of transport. (TNG movie: Star Trek: Insurrection)
At the conclusion of the incident, the holoship was slated for destruction by Starfleet Command. However, Commander Elias Vaughn and his cabal of Starfleet officers who were set against Section 31, were able to fake destruction reports and steal the holoship, for use in thwarting several Section 31 operations. Vaughn used the holoship to rescue several Ingavi from Sindorin in 2376. (DS9 - Section 31 novel: Abyss)
Federation holoship article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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This Red-tailed hawk is often perched on one of the telephone poles which line a gravel road along Highway 8, west of Calgary. This morning I turned off to see if I could find her. I did and she wasn't overly pleased to see me. As soon as I stopped near her pole-top perch, she took flight. I felt like I stole this one before she flew further down the road. I was happy with this image and didn't want to harass her further so I left her alone.
This entry was posted on August 23, 2012 by Christopher Martin. It was filed under Animals, Birds, Wildlife and was tagged with alberta, animal, BIF, bird, bird in flight, flight, flying, hawk, morning, nature, Red-tailed hawk, scream, Springbank, summer, wildlife, wildlife photography.
Good for you! You had your camera ready otherwise you would have missed it. you are successful at catching the intensity and irritation. Happy that you let it be after that.


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André Boyer - Georges Courteline's Home in Montmartre - 1958
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Oil on canvas painting representing a view of writer Georges Courteline's home at 89 rue Lepic, in the heart of Montmartre. Many famous artists and writers have resided on this street over the years, including Vincent Van Gogh with his brother Leo, Charles Léandre, Adolphe Willette and Félix Ziem, among others. It is also along this narrow Parisian street that Louis Renault built his first automobile in 1898. With its original Montparnasse-style frame, a label and a stamp on the back indicate that this painting was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1958.
André Boyer was a French painter, illustrator and cabinetmaker-decorator, born in Paris on April 15, 1909 and died in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) on June 2, 1981. Son of a single mother, he trained and worked as a cabinetmaker well into the 1940s, creating Art Deco-style furniture, which is very sought-after nowadays. Having alternated his career with painting for years, he devoted himself fully to painting from 1950. Pertaining to the New School of Paris, he was a regular painter in the Montmartre quarter, where he drew inspiration for many of his works. These stand out for their great strength and energy, and use of bold, heavy strokes in the style of Marcel Utrillo. Later, he depicted several scenes of the boulevards of Paris, set in the Belle Époque period. His works are highly sought after by collectors, especially in the United States.
Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux or Moineau, known as Georges Courteline, was a French novelist, poet and playwright, born June 25, 1858 in Tours and died June 25, 1929 in Paris. Son of the writer Jules Moinaux, Courteline stood out in the field of aphorism and his romantic or theatrical works are characterized by his strong satirical vein, often irreverent towards the hypocritical Parisian bourgeois society to which he himself belonged and knew so well.
Source: Wikipedia; Archives de France.
Artist: André Boyer (1909-1981).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Dimensions: 67 x 54 cm. / 26 ¼ x 21 ¼ in.
Frame: Unframed.


We are proud to be Canadian, since there is no place like home. There are lots of reasons for our love and pride, which we show by being kind to those around us, travelling to see the different and unique parts of Canada. We support events that appeal to us in our local community as well as all over Canada by participating and being part of. Being long time lovers of the Olympics, we are excited about the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics and looking forward to gather family and friends to cozy up and cheer Team Canada.
It is a family tradition to sit together and watch the Olympics while enjoying delicious snacks. Watching the Olympics boosts our own enthusiasm to get outside and do adventure sports like skiing, snowshoeing and trying new ones.
Four years ago when the Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver, it was my daughter's first time watching and I remember how enthusiastic she was. Both my children are old enough to watch it with us this year as the team goes to Sochi, Russia for the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. As my children are growing and trying to expand their knowledge and involvement in different sports and activities they are eagerly looking forward to watch the official games when it starts on Feb 7th.
Our favourite sports to watch are figure skating, curling and skiing. Last year, my daughter and I had an awesome opportunity to watch and take pictures with famous figure skating stars like Patrick Chan.
My family will be pretty much glued to the television except for occasional stretches and washroom breaks. Due to this reason, I prefer to prepare snacks and meals ahead of time. Savoury short eats like rolls, pastries are a must on the list. I will also be making sweet pastries, apple pies and macaroons as well as keep lots of beverages, nuts and chips so we can enjoy them while watching.
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We live in Ontario, I love to watch figure skating, my kids love to watch the downhill skiing.
I live in Ontario and I love watching snowboarding!
I also live in Ontario. I like watching hockey!
I'm in Ontario, and I love watching hockey and speed skating.
BC.. I like watching hockey!
I'm in Ontario and love to watch Hockey.
I live in Alberta. I enjoy watching hockey.
I live in New Brunswick. I enjoy watching figure skating!
I'm from Ontario, and I love watching hockey and figure skating!
I live in Ontario and I like to watch figure skating.
I live in Ottawa and love to watch hockey, ice skating and luge!
I live in Saskatchewan and I like watching snowboarding and downhill skiing.
I live in Manitoba, and I like to watch the pairs skating.
We live in Ontario and love watching ice dancing!
I'm in BC and we love watching skiing!
I live in BC and I love watching hockey and figure skating.
I like watching downhill skiing.
I live in Ontario. My favorite winter Olympic sport is hockey!!!!
My favorite to watch is Luge!
I liv in Manitoba and I love the bobsleds!
I live in Manitoba and I love the bobsleds!
I'm in Ontario & I enjoy watching the hockey, luge and biathlon.
I live in Ontario - we love to watch figure skating and hockey!
Alberta - and I love figure skating! Luge is fun to watch too!
I live in Saskatchewan. I love watching the figure skating the most although I do pretty much watch it all. I love the Olympics.
I am in Ontario. I love the hockey, skiing, skating, speed skating, relays.. almost all of them!
Manitoba. I like watching hockey and figure skating.
In Quebec right now, but Alberta bound. I like hockey and speed skating.
I live in Ontario and we are big Olympic hockey fans over here!!
I'm in Ontario and I love watching the skating.
I live in BC and I love watching speed skating!
I am in Ontario and I love the winter olympics. Too many sports to choose from! I love figure skating and pretty much all of the downhill ski sports.
I live in Saskatchewan. My favorite sport to watch is curling - I love curling!!
I am in MB and love the Hockey!
I'm in Manitoba - and men's hockey is my favourite!
I live in Toronto and downhill skiing is my fave!
I am from Newfoundland.. I live to watch figure skating,skiing,and hockey!!
Manitoba. I like to watch almost all the sports. Olympic junkie.
Manitoba. I pretty much watch them all. Olympic games junkie.
I live in alberta and love skating!