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Do you love covered bridges?

Have you done any writing about the Patrick Owens Bridge or any other covered bridge?

On Saturday August 25, 2018 at 2:00 pm join us at the Rusagonis Covered Bridge Park to celebrate our Bridge.

We will hear from Jeff Carr, MLA.
Linda Cogswell will tell us a bit about the history of the bridge.
I will be reading from my book ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’ (Chapel Street Editions, 2017) and $10 from every sale of my book will be donated for the upkeep of the Park.
Rose Burke will read a piece about the Upper Mills Bridge and cross-border travel in former years.
Ian LeTourneau, Fredericton’s Cultural Laureate, will read his poem about the loss of the Bell Covered Bridge.
We will also have an ‘open mic’ where you can join others in reading from your own work (about bridges or any other related theme).

We will have cake and lemonade as part of the afternoon. There will also be a BBQ, courtesy of MLA Jeff Carr! Everyone is welcome!

Let me know if you would like to read (in the comments or at timstims@nbnet.nb.ca).

Patrick Owens Bridge rainbow.JPG

All my best,

Jane

Written by jane tims

August 17, 2018 at 7:00 am

Posted in covered bridges, in the shelter of the covered bridge, Uncategorized

Tagged with bridge, Chapel Street Editions, community, covered bridge, in the shelter of the covered bridge, New Brunswick, poetry

Reading – Odd Sundays – and a special book offer

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As a special deal associated with this event, you can get a copy of the book (which sells for $28) for $25, postage included. Just email me at timstims@nbnet.nb.ca and we will arrange for payment and delivery. This offer last from today February 16, 2018 until February 28, 2018.

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I hope if you are in the Fredericton area, you will come to hear me read. The event is at Corked on Regent Street in downtown Fredericton. Come and enjoy a beverage and the readings. You may win a book in the draw or decide to read your own work in the open mic segment of the program.

Moores Mills Bridge near Sussex, south entrance, 2015

Remember to email me and get your own copy of ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’. Nice gift for someone who loves covered bridges.

Written by jane tims

February 16, 2018 at 7:00 am

Posted in covered bridges, in the shelter of the covered bridge

Tagged with book reading and signing, Chapel Street Editions, covered bridge, in the shelter of the covered bridge, Odd Sundays Fredericton, pencil drawing, poetry

Malone Covered Bridge – new painting

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Just before Christmas, my painting of the Ellis Bridge over the North Becaguimec River sold. Since I want to keep a painting in the space, I have been working on a new covered bridge painting. For subject matter, I chose the Malone Covered Bridge near Goshen, the same covered bridge in the painting on the front cover of my book.

The Malone Bridge is in an isolated area and was one of the favorite bridges we visited in 2015. One of the sketches in my book ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’ is of the Malone Bridge and I used this sketch as the basis for my new painting.

The painting ‘thistles at Malone Bridge’ is 24 inches wide by 20 inches high, done in acrylics, gallery edges.

Malone Bridge, on the isolated Goshen Road near Upper Goshen in Kings County, was built in 1911. The remnants of the Malone homestead, established 1820, are located near the bridge. At this point the Kennebecasis is a narrow, clear stream. The two brooks that seem to come together at the bridge are actually two braids of the same river.

… (from ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’, Chapel Street Editions, 2017).

‘thistles at Malone Bridge’, 24″ x 20″, acrylic, December 27, 2017, by Jane Tims

The painting will be at Isaac’s Way Restaurant in Fredericton, New Brunswick until January 28, as part of their 31st Art Auction. Silent-auction-type bids are taken until January 28, 2018, or you can purchase the painting for its full price of $320. The art is viewed by everyone enjoying a meal at the restaurant and 50% of the proceeds from my sale are donated to ART lessons for kids-in-need. If you love covered bridges and would like some original art for your home, drop by and have a look at my work.

Copyright Jane Tims 2017

Written by jane tims

December 27, 2017 at 8:20 pm

Posted in covered bridges

Tagged with art, art auction, Chapel Street Editions, covered bridge, in the shelter of the covered bridge, Isaac's Way Restaurant, Malone Bridge

announcing the winner of a copy of ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’

my new book of poetry available now!

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Late at night in February 2015, as my husband and I crossed the Patrick Owens Covered Bridge on the Rusagonis Stream, we startled a rabbit in the middle of the span. The rabbit raced through the bridge in front of the truck. I can still see the shadow of his long ears and the scurry of his feet. Since the incident occurred during the February 21, 2015 conjunction of Venus and Mars with the sickle moon, I thought of all the legends about the hare and the moon. This led to the poem “conjunction” and a question about what other plants and animals find shelter in or around our covered bridges in New Brunswick.

I am please to announce that my resulting book of poems ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’ is now available. The book includes 21 of my drawings and more than 70 poems. The Foreword is written by my friend Brian Atkinson who wrote New Brunswick’s Covered Bridges (Nimbus, 2010).

‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’ is now available through my publisher Chapel Street Editions http://www.chapelstreeteditions.com and at upcoming readings. You will soon be able to find it at Westminster Books in Fredericton and Tidewater Books in Sackville.

I hope you enjoy the book and take every opportunity to drive through one of our covered bridges in New Brunswick!

conjunction – February 21, 2015

Patrick Owens Bridge

Rusagonis River #2

Venus and Mars

sickle of mid-winter moon

planet and moon light scamper

into crevasses

headlights of the half-ton enter

overwhelm planet shadow

startle a winter hare

erect on haunches, paw lifted

frosted by sky-gaze, worshiping

the sliver of moon, dismayed

at desecration, round glare

of the truck’s predatory eyes

fright to stop a heart

or flight to mobilize

hind-legs straighten

before fore-legs turn

long ear shadows

quit the length of the bridge

ahead of whiskers, chin velvet

and rabbit wisdom

From ‘in the shelter of the covered bridge’, Chapel Street Editions, 2017

Copyright Jane Tims 2017

Written by jane tims

November 5, 2017 at 12:51 pm

Posted in in the shelter of the covered bridge

Tagged with Chapel Street Editions, covered bridge, hare and moon, in the shelter of the covered bridge, New Brunswick, pencil drawing, plants and animals, poetry

Green bottles and blue berries

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We have been spending time at our cabin.

In the window, on our bench, the light flows through green bottles.

Our paths are green tunnels.

And in the fields and along the trails are blueberries.

Lots to pick and eat.

bitter blue

for Mom

of all the silvery summer days we spent none so warm sun on granite boulders round blue berry field miles across hazy miles away from hearing anything but bees

and berries

plopping in the pail

beside you I draped my lazy bones on bushes crushed berries and thick red leaves over moss dark animal trails nudged between rocks berries baking brown musk rising to meet blue heat

or the still fleet scent

of a waxy berry bell

melting in my mouth crammed with fruit sometimes pulled from laden stems more often scooped from your pail full ripe blue pulp and the bitter shock of a hard green berry never ripe

or a shield bug

with frantic legs

and an edge to her shell

From ‘within easy reach’, Chapel Street Editions, 2016

Previously published in The Amethyst Review 1 (2), Summer 1993

Written by jane tims

August 16, 2017 at 7:00 am

Posted in picking berries, within easy reach

Tagged with Chapel Street Editions, edible plants, family, Jane Spavold Tims, plants, poetry, within easy reach

review of ‘within easy reach’

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My book of poetry within easy reach (Chapel Street Editions, 2016) has been reviewed by James Deahl (Canadian Stories 20 (116): 66-67, August/September 2017).

Copyright Jane Tims 2017

Written by jane tims

July 31, 2017 at 7:41 am

Posted in within easy reach

Tagged with book review, Canadian Stories, Chapel Street Editions, James Deahl, poetry, wildflowers, within easy reach, writing

spring flowers – service berry bushes

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At this time of year, many ditches and fields in New Brunswick are filled with Serviceberry bushes in bloom. Their delicate white flowers only last a short while but later, in summer, we will be able to pick sweet Serviceberries.

the shad are running

after hard rain

and thin wind

between cold front and warm

riverbanks overflow

and for dinner we have fiddleheads

potatoes and shad, served

with last summer’s Serviceberry jam

Serviceberry bushes are torn fish nets

holes poked through with fingers

white petals scattered over mossy stones

on the river shore

Published as ‘the shad are running’ in within easy reach, 2016, Chapel Street Editions

Written by jane tims

May 17, 2017 at 7:38 am

Posted in along the roadside, edible wild, picking berries, within easy reach

Tagged with art, Chapel Street Editions, edible plants, local food, poetry, Serviceberry, spring, within easy reach

spring wildflowers – Trout Lily

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On a drive to Sussex yesterday, we found Trout Lily blooming in many ditches along the back roads.

Trout Lily is an herbaceous colonial plant, covering slopes in rich, moist hardwoods. The plant is also known as Dog’s Tooth Violet, Yellow Adder’s-tongue, Fawn-lily, and in French, ail doux. The yellow lily-like flowers bloom in New Brunswick in May. The leaves are mottled in maroon and green. The young leaves and bulb-like ‘corm’ are edible but should only be gathered if the plants are abundant, to conserve the species.