Having learned to tinker with trucks and tractors on their Idaho farm and working at his brother’s auto repair shop in California, as well as studying at an electrical school in Chicago, Frank was a busy man, working with his brother Lawrence doing electrical work, drilling wells, installing pumps and then making ice for home ice-boxes. Resurfacing the ice, while skaters waited, was a time-consuming endeavour of a tractor levelling out the pits and grooves, a crew shovelling away the shavings, washing the surface and then spraying with fresh water, and all before a gleaming finish was added by hot water. Opening with a poem called Bone Blades that emphasizes “ a way to fly around, when ice is on the ground”, Monica Kulling takes young readers to the early 1940s when Frank Zamboni and his brother and cousin opened their Iceland Skating Rink. There’s been George Eastman’s photography, Elijah McCoy’s invention for oiling train engines, Elisha Otis’ elevator, Margaret Knight’s paper bags, Lillian Gilbreth’s efficient kitchen, Marconi’s wireless and now an invention dearly loved by hockey fans the world over, the Zamboni invented by Frank Zamboni. These illustrated biographies, enhanced with artwork by an assortment of talented Canadian illustrators, highlight key individuals whose innovations we have come to rely upon but about whose stories we often know so little. Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.It’s always a great day when another of Monica Kulling’s Great Ideas Series books comes out. The Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen On the unceded Coast Salish territories of Women Who Named the Muse gatherings take place More about the event is here: friday-july-23
At this time, Cristy is the Committee Chair for Wise Words and she is looking forward to engaging senior writers in a meaningful dialogue through this new project by the Federation of BC Writers (FBCW).Ĭontact the Jgathering of Surrey Muse, Cristy Watson will be the Featured Author. She volunteers at the Surrey International Writer’s Conference. Cristy also participates in the Poetry Marathon in June, preferring the half-marathon where she writes twelve poems to twelve prompts in twelve hours.
As a poet, she received an editor’s choice award in CV2’s 2-Day Poem contest in 2013. Cristy Watson is a poet, and an award-winning author of eight novels for middle grade and young adult readers.
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