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shooting stick: He held on to his pencil and sketchbook, according to The Waterloo Record. His writer sister chose a position farther up the bank where she could sit on the ground with her notebook and take in her surroundings. For wood engraver Brender à Brandis, it meant sitting on a "shooting stick" — a seat on the end of what looks like a cane — so close to the river that the stick got stuck in the mud. Together, Brender à Brandis and Brandis were creating a book, a kind of love letter to the Grand River that explores its history, ecology, social significance and personality. "The Grand River: Dundalk to Lake Erie," published by The Porcupine Quill in Erin, paints a picture of the Canadian heritage river in all seasons — when the water is smooth, fast-running over rocks, or bumpy with ice and snow. "That a delightful challenge for an artist who has been engraving 50 years to capture all the moods of the water itself," Brender à Brandis says. For context, Brandis describes people with connections to the river, including political leader Joseph Brant, writer Pauline Johnson and artists Carl Ahrens, Homer Watson and Lawren Harris. With 58 finely-detailed wood engravings and well-researched essays and personal impressions, artist and author show us Luther Marsh in spring, eroded rocks near Fergus, Grand River at Doon , the river at Six Nations, fishing boats at Port Maitland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.