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A collection of witty Newfoundland sayings, which the supposedly
humorless surgeon, Dr. Olds of Twillingate, compiled during four
decades of listening to his patients' fears and hopes. Olds, an
American, cherished Newfoundland outport speech. These startling
one-liners, OPDisms he called them, helped him survive many an
anxious night on the wards. After this beloved physician died in
1985, his OPDisms began to gather dust. Saunders, by dusting them
off and mounting them against the rich black cloth of outport
culture, has created a unique tribute not only to Newfoundland
health care workers but also to Newfoundland humor itself. No one
knew better than Dr. Olds that laughter is the best medicine.
Newfoundlander or not, this book will make you laugh.
The author of Alder Music, Gary Saunders returns with an evocative,
lyrical, and immersive collection of personal essays on our
relationship with nature and with each other. In nine sections,
Earthkeeping ruminates on the necessity of love and earthkeeping,
on forage fish and robinsongs, and on the stewardship of our
ecological landscape. Offering an antidote to the world's anxiety
about climate change, plastic pollution, and biodiversity loss,
Saunders writes with a deep connection to the natural world and his
signature humane zest for life. Lovingly illustrated with
Saunders's own drawings, the result is a joyful, personal, and
deeply attentive stroll through an enchanted land of blue and
green.
An engrossing story of a bright John Hopkins graduate who fell in
love with Newfoundland as a student, and who stayed to himself
become the medical care system in northeastern Newfoundland for
forty years. Crusty, caring and unconventional, Dr. Olds' skill and
devotion made him such a folk hero that Newfoundland declared a
province-wide Doctor Olds' Day. Asked why he came to Twillingate
for one year and stayed for forty, Newfoundland's Connecticut
Yankee tersely replied, Because I liked it.
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