Books

During a visit to Foyles Book Store in London in the 1970s, Clint Ward purchased a book called The Great Movies which opened the door to over 50 years of appreciating film beyond being just entertainment. Years of attending art house cinemas and the Toronto International Film Festival have honed his passion for great films from around the world.

The Perfect Film illuminates this art form with some private thoughts from Clint and the inclusion of many lists curated from the abundance of information, by many authors, found on the internet.

This play reveals the exciting story of how the Russian military accepted the demand from women pilots to participate in the defence of their mother country in 1942. Most of the wartime nations employed women pilots only in non-combat roles but in Russia they were allowed to engage the enemy. Three regiments were formed involving women and one was entirely staffed by them. They were the night bombers the Germans called The Night Witches.

This play is their story and it is a tale of brave young women in wartime.

Here is a second random collection of sayings, jokes, and links. Some you have seen and some are groaners and some might not be politically correct by todays standard but in this minor collection you might be able to break a smile or even indulge in a quiet laugh or two. We certainly deserve it.

Now with links to YouTube this is a truly interactive adventure.

During this pandemic, many of us put our free time to use by sharing jokes and sayings and other tidbits through various media platforms. Right at the start of the virus I created a file for all of the incoming material. The majority of this book comes from or is influenced by the 1352 messages therein. Here is a random collection of sayings, jokes, and links. Some you have seen and some are ‘groaners’, but in this minor collection you might be able to break a smile or even indulge in a quiet laugh or two. Wink, wink.

On All The Other Days is a memoir of the multi dimensional renaissance journey of author Clint Ward. It is a rare glimpse ‘behind the curtain’ of a life well lived, interwoven with epic proportions of high flying adventure sportsmanship and world travel. Revel in the details of this literary and photographic odyssey penned by a prairie boy from Saskatoon, growing up in the 30s and chronicling eight decades of determination, luck. Ambition and ultimate achievement. He enjoys life in a faster lane than most and is grateful to share his story that is still unfolding On All The Other Days.

Clint’s research on women pilots during the Second World War in England led to his writing a play called Spitfire Dance which was about the Air Transport Auxiliary and their women pilots. The play opened in the fall of 2014 at Canada’s War Museum in Ottawa.

For more information, click here to go to the Spitfire Dance website.

Robert Service gave us the stimulation we craved on long winter nights.  An actor of feeling and talent could illuminate the poems and it would be a good evening of fun and laughter which is just what we need. Turn on the lights and watch a single actor bring Robert Service to life again. Enjoy.