That was one of several trite little rhymes that my dad would trot out regularly. I've finally had a time and place to use it. Of course the holiday was Monday but I don't think that the Queen cares.
I am doing a little better than yesterday so if that trend keeps up I will be cured eventually. :)
Several months ago I agreed to help with lighting for the show that is on Saturday evening in the Warkworth Town Hall as part of the Warkworth Lilac Festival. (Warkworth is a village not very far from Campbellford. It, Campbellford, the townships of Percy and Seymour and the village of Hastings are now the "Municipality of Trent Hills".) My replacement lighting team has been busy trying to find the various pieces of lighting equipment that are stored in about four different locations. They phoned after it became clear to them that they did not have the right lighting dimmer pac. That was partly my doing as I had misremembered where we had stored it last December and steered them to the wrong building. After several "I thought we put it there" and "maybe it is in the office" and "no that is not it" I think they have the right stuff. Many thanks to those who are scurrying around to get the job done without me.
Info on the show is at http://www.warkworthlilacfestival.ca/events/an-evening-of-sizzling-jazz-and-blues/
One of my visitors yesterday was John Jackson, the principal who hired me. Many years ago he taught with my dad in Wingham and I remember as a very little kid going to his classroom at the school and seeing baby chicks in an incubator. John's wife Audrey and my mom were good friends too. I taught John's son Bill in Campbellford and for a while after his graduation Bill taught in Campbellford and was my department head for the math part of my timetable. John had some very kind things to say about me as a young teacher and I have nothing but good to say about him as a principal or about his son Bill as both a student and a colleague. Thanks, John.
My other visitors today were Ray and Joan Sharp, whom I mentioned last week. Ray retired from CDHS about 25 years ago. For all that I am connected to Ray through work, Anne has a connection to him too because her Aunt Pearl's granddaughter Jennifer is married to Ray Sharp's nephew Marvin. Jennifer has been down east helping her own daughter who has just had a new baby in New Brunswick.
Anne has taken Bella in to the vet office for her annual checkup and heartworm test so I'm alone with the two cats and the sound of crows cawing in the bush outside my window. Very pleasant.
People say they like the blog and want me to keep it going. Some days there is not much to say so I won't promise a daily entry but whenever there is something I'll say it. I think there is some way you can subscribe to the blog so that you get an email alert when something is added so that you do not need to check the blog itself repeatedly. I will warn you about trips to Kingston or other times when visiting would not be good. For starters, I have to go into Campbellford for blood tests on Friday morning, May 25, so visits that morning would not be good.
Thanks again for all your offers of help.
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