Canine Confessions

Laskin Publishing / Les Éditions Laskin

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“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

And I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep …”

—  Robert Frost

 

 

MONTRÉAL (May 19, 2013) An erudite dog's perspective on life in and around Montréal and the Laurentians during the 1970s unearths a meticulously crafted tale about the human condition. As we follow Daisy, a flaxen-haired cocker spaniel, on her life's journey, we join others in theirs: Monique and Harry and their three children; feisty Aunt Iréne; Monique's cougar friend Marina and her dalliance with Monique's son; Brunhilde the singing teacher; a pair of sociopathic cockatoos and, through their language and music, they share their stories with Daisy, the all-seeing, all-hearing witness.

With her lyrical and poetic writing, Montréal author and musician/conductor Bernadette Griffin shares her love of classical and 60s music alongside the great poets Rilke, Whitman and Frost. Like Racing in the Rain, Canine Confessions gives us a mind- and heart-expanding view of the world as experienced by man's best friend.

As Gazette literary critic Ian McGillis wrote, “Bernadette Griffin renders a dog's-eye view more vividly than most writers render a human's. I will never forget Daisy, and you will never forget Canine Confessions.”

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Bernadette Griffin’s Story

I was born in La ville de Québec and went to school there. And as early as Grade One, I fell in love with learning—and with the piano in the school lobby. For every morning, a thunderous version of The Maple Leaf Forever was played on it, marching us two by two into the lobby and up into the classrooms, like soldiers marching into battle.

Soon enough I was having piano lessons with Sister Camilla Gertrude—that is, eight years of lessons, plus exams and recitals and going to Saturday afternoon symphony concerts at the Palais Montcalm with maestro Wilfrid Pelletier.

What will I do now? I asked myself on leaving high school, my piano books now stuffed away in a drawer. First , you better leave home, I thought, the world is waiting and it may tell you who you are and what to do. So I went to Montréal and to nursing school, and after graduation and caring for patients and teaching students as a clinical instructor, again I asked, What now?  

“You can marry me,” my piano-playing musician boyfriend said, and I did, and we made a home, a real home with children and a dog and a cat—and a piano. And there I was, caring for my children and playing the piano, playing, playing, scales, chords, arpeggios, studies, inventions, partitas, sonatas, until the Royal Conservatory of Toronto said, “enough, take this diploma.”

Soon I was in my studio, teaching others to play the piano, all the while also singing at church and soon directing the church choir. Why not learn about singing now and conducting a choir with and without orchestra? I thought, and I did, founding the Donovan Chorale, a concert choir, and later Les Chanteurs d’Orphée de Montréal , a chamber ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary works, the two groups singing and singing, their singing so  fresh,  so heartfelt, enough to win the praise of music lovers and critics alike, not to mention one prize after another, their performances regularly airing on CBC radio and Radio-Canada.

What will I do now? I asked myself, looking at my bank account. First go to school again, learn more about the languages you speak, French and English, read and study. And I did, read and study until Concordia University said, “hey, you deserve a diploma for all that, you can translate from one language to another, medical texts and documents.” And I did, all the while learning how to write my own words and sentences and stories, and that is what all of it has come to… trying to make it all true and beautiful.

• Bernadette Griffin, Author

Canine Confessions (May 2013)

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These can be your best days as you awaken to righteousness and leave the old life of the flesh behind and pursue God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.Growing in Grace teaches how to step into the Spirit of God and walk and live in the fullness of His Spirit every day of your life. You have all the power you will ever need. Learn to access it. Access starts first with the love of God and forgiveness. He will talk to you if you talk to Him. God is no respecter of persons. Four key definitions of "grace," • God divinely moving upon your heart, giving you the ability to do what you could not do in and of yourself and receiving what you could not receive, again, in and of yourself. • Unmerited favor. • God's riches at Christ's expense. • A relationship of favor, which gives one access to another's wisdom and power. 

Why Human Beings Do Not Need Blind Faith to Believe in Creationism

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   The most extraordinary discovery in the field of religion in thousands of years, one that will affect Western civilization’s both secular and religious people, is the research findings of the sync between the Biblical story of creation with the teachings of modern science, and with this proof of creationism blind faith is no longer needed.

    The ramifications range from the social, to the political, and to the educational as school board battles between evolution theorists and those of intelligent design will be brought to an end.
Science teaches that the world was formed over 4 billion years ago, life started in the oceans, dinosaurs were not a mistake as birds evolved from them, the Sun was created at the same time as the Earth, etc. Now we learn that there is no conflict with the scrolls of Moses if we translate them using the etymologic derivate meanings of the key Hebrew words with their intended usage in the time period of the Exodus. That proper translation then gives us a story making the Bible (Torah, Old Testament) literally in sync with the teachings of modern science and ending all conflicts between them as this proof of creationism means blind faith is no longer needed.

    The research findings in question have been detailed in our book “WHY HUMAN BEINGS DO NOT NEED BLIND FAITH TO BELIEVE IN CREATIONISM.” This work should cause a new perspective on life for both religious and non-religious people. Religious people no longer need blind faith and non-religious people have to face a world that has proven there is a Supreme Being (otherwise how could the Bible have known all the scientific facts of the creation story showing their sync between Bible and science that proved creationism?).

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During my years from childhood to adulthood, I often wondered why I should believe that Mary gave birth to Jesus while she was a virgin, which indicated that Joseph was not biologically, the father of Jesus. Concluding that it is the New Testament that made the story real, I conducted an in-depth study into the life of Christ Jesus. It seemed Jesus was at an advantage because he was born from a spiritual Father but so was Adam who sinned, which would prove the situation fair. Since that Jesus is the last Adam and Alpha then we who have been born with biological parents serve the purpose of replenishing the earth, which is the mystery in the Word of God. We must adopt to the life and death of Jesus to understand his mystery and it is for such a reason that I have done a self-study. I have studied only the King James Version of the Holy Bible to discover Christian living and was overwhelmed with the misconception of such a life. My many discoveries I kept in perspective by writing and after several pages I decided to share the facts with you all.


     The Light of Innocence is from the fact of not knowing, yet I celebrated according to the system I lived in. I am a light because diligently I worked to uncover the mystery and live according to the truth that I discovered. The titles I have chosen, list my progress as I walked in the way of Christ Jesus and since that I am a new beginner that is a converted child of God, my concept on Christian living is true. Part two of this book is the strength of my belief; after discovering the laws of the spirit and situations wherein we must separate from unfaithful Christians, I literally experienced that God never will leave or forsake us. He does this for everyone, except those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit and since his saints are the direct opposite, discovering that, which characterizes a saint was written in this section. I knew then that I had a good relationship with the Son of God.


     Part one deals with the basics: Christ Kingdom on the earth. I emphasized that we must understand, grow and sustain our spirit to have a good relationship with our Lord, Jesus. That which is put in place such as eternal life and the house of prayer is to help us sustain our relationship with Jesus and avoid the temptations that may lead us back into the world. A reminder that the world is everyone and that we are dealing with current issues just as the world is, yet the children of God are expected to overcome the world. The Light of Innocence is one way to deal with the current issues.


      Last but not least are two articles that are to remind the children of God of their task and that our Lord is hated by many. These articles should make us aware of the people we are up against.

About Author

I grew up in a respected community in Jamaica, West Indies where I attended church regularly on Sunday mornings. Going to church was like a hobby, one that I gained some knowledge on Christian's behavior, and though I started at a young age, it was my will to attend church. However, both my parents were disciplined to grow up a child like me. My mom however, God rest her soul, was the parent that emphasized the fact that I should pray before bedtime, and before the days begin. This is a tradition that I have continued to the present time. Now that my wisdom has increased, I am grateful to Almighty God, because I have been led by him, from then to the present to write this book for the world to read.

Growing up in Jamaica, I idled out my high school years, but was fortunate to migrate to Canada within a year after my graduation. My schooling years in Canada have not been much of a success either, but I have never strayed away from God's will. After I watched and listened to the many faces and voices that have preached and taught the gospel of Christ Jesus, I disciplined myself to begin a self-study of the Holy Bible (KJV). It was about the year nineteen ninety-seven or ninety-eight that I started such a study of the Holy Bible, which resulted in my book, The Light of Innocence.

A Heart-Pounding Thriller Ripped from Hidden Headlines

J. Douglas Knauer’s ‘Vendetta’ gives lovers of the thriller genre something to rejoice about

 

Author J. Douglas Knauer gives readers a heart-pounding, pulse-racing ride with Vendetta, a thriller that takes readers from the dusty streets of Iran to the heart of America on a perilous journey.  Readers will delight in Knauer’s use of current global issues to detail her novel, as the realism and vividness of the characters seep through the pages, taking readers directly into the story from the first intriguing sentence.

Readers are already singing the praises of this well-written novel, calling it a “great thriller, complex and well-written”.  Knauer’s novel is interwoven with underlying themes of loyalty, love, and the hidden prices that come with the need for revenge.  The characters are fleshed-out and original, and the plot is as fast-paced as it is enthralling.

Ava Sevani ignored her father’s warning, sent to her from beyond the Canadian border where he had been hiding.  Too late, she realized that she should have, as men began chasing her across Germany, leaving countless bodies in their wake.  A continent away, her fiancée, Dr. David Badalian, also needs to warn the pregnant Ava away from danger, but, since he was kidnapped immediately upon his arrival at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, his current dire straits render him unable to let her know that her life, and his, hang in the balance.  

Ava’s former lover, Canadian pipeline tycoon Dirk Brown, is determined to reclaim Ava.  Known to Homeland Security as a mercenary going by the name ‘Nail’, he has taken Dr. Badalian, intending to use him to relieve his pain from a spinal injury, and also to coerce Ava to come back into his life.  In addition, Ava’s father’s formula, a deadly mixture, is on his list of wants, putting Ava in more danger than she, her father, or her fiancée can imagine.  Nail’s manic desire to rid the world of the Republic of Islam is putting the world under a powerful threat, and it falls to Ava to help diffuse the danger he presents before it’s too late.

Judy Douglas Knauer

Judy Douglas Knauer is the author of four popular novels, including A Dirty Way to Die and Vendetta.  A former journalism reporter, she received fourteen journalism awards, including eight peer awards from the Illinois Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contests, Division B.  She now lives in northeast central Illinois, where, as a mom to two daughters and two sons, she enjoys writing, gardening, fishing, going on adventures with her husband, and knitting for her grandchildren.  To write Vendetta, she searched out buried stories and conducted interviews with a native Christian Iranian who escaped Iran in the 1980’s.

Find out more about Judy on her website at www.suspenseiskillingme.net

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