Living

N ovember always means remembrance to me.

T he war memorial cenotaph in Veterans Park in downtown Port Coquitlam was dedicated 90 years ago on Nov. 11, 1923.

I n Holland in October 1945, Elsley and Yeti Foulds were married. It was one of the few days on which city hall favoured celebrants with a red carpet, adding a dash of colour to a war-worn town. Yeti wore a dress made of army surplus parachute silk.

S ir Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes is a perennial favourite amongst those who love to watch a great detective at work. And with a recent movie franchise (Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes ) and two current television series (the U.K.

J ust in time for Halloween, we have three spooky reads for teens, two featuring ghosts - one funny, one scary - and a third in which souped-up voodoo dolls blow people's limbs off. Strangely, that one is funny, too.

COQUITLAM Design-a-Card Contest: Attention all young artists, CPL wants your help to create a new design for its children's library cards. If your design wins the Design-a-Card contest, it will be on the new library card for kids.

Flowers It has been a wonderful October but our amazing annuals and perennials are now looking very tired. They will make great compost but removing them will leave your garden looking rather bare.

I n case you haven't noticed from my previous columns, I really like this time of year. There is something about the damp, cold dark days that comforts me. I just love to be at home, surrounded by my comforts.

H alloween is fast approaching and the nights are long and dark - the perfect time to read a book that will terrify and thrill you, a book that goes bump in the night.

COQUITLAM The Chocolate Farmer: A National Film Board of Canada Documentary: The second showings of this documentary will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Poirier branch.