One Foot in the Furrow

SPRING OF 2020 IS MEMORABLE Not sure of the timeline but some heard December, 2019 from China, others said January, 2020, and still others said February BUT we're all one in the world May, 2020 with the Pandemic... Corolla Virus also known as (aka) Corvid-19, not exactly rushing around us  but in charge of how we live our lives for the near future. Someone suggested on Facebook I plant little green onion bulbs 2 meters apart. Well, I rolled my eyes at THAT piece of advice! Practically slobbering at the thought of picking green onions I planted one row about 4 inches apart and none of them have far to shake the dirt from their little bulbs and enjoy the sunshine I wish for them and the rain that was falling gently as I closed my curtains. In this dear country it can change to snow with little or no notice... even in May!

Wawota High School Principal,  ALDRICH JAMES DYER PEd,  BA, MEd, PhD He was principal in Wawota for a number of years from about 1947. He taught  to 1959 making that class his last grade 12 class there, then he and his wife, Vera White, moved to Yellowknife, North West Territories.  He taught school for the Department of Indian Affairs at Sir John Franklin.  That was where he and other education minded people were instrumental in beginning a Teacher Education Program  (TEP) with 15 Indigenous young people in Yellowknife, NWT, the first year, 1959.  After some time as director of the program  at Yellowknife they moved to other postings in the NWT.   Ten students of his were quizzed and as a person in the know announced, "They were splendid!"  As I understand it was  for C.IT.E.P. (Canadian Indian Teachers Education Program). Sometime later Dr. Aldrich James Dyer, his wife Vera and their family moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he was affiliated with the

In a letter to Four Seasons Members it was revealed the Four Seasons log building on the western end of Okadoca Street in the Village of Kenosee Lake will be upgraded "so … more logs" aren't lost. The board members along with the directors will be needing, ",,, some major fundraising,..."' Personally, if I have any yard sales or bake sales, whatsoever this spring I shall donate a portion of my earnings to the Four Seasons Executive for the improvements required by the Four Seasons Community Centre. HAPPY TO HELP is my theme!

"Life is a Highway" the words jumped at me! No, it wasn't a song but a poem in  the opening of a  "Service in Celebration of the Life of …." a dear friend of mine. She had died December 15, 2014 . "They say  Life is a highway And its milestones are the years And now and then there's a toll-gate Where you pay your way with tears." "It's a rough road and a steep road, And it stretches broad and far, But it leads at last to the Golden Town Where Golden Houses are."                                     by Joyce Kilmer 

I changed my computer password to 'Alcatraz' and now the 'Esc' button won't work... joke from Bret Ferguson in Pun Slingers. 🙂