Thursday, September 27, 2012

Selkirk Provincial Park

Aug. 25, 2012 - 11 pm Campfire

Coming to the end of a very, very nice summer. Brenda and Elinor in tents. Olivia in Chippewa with U of T former roommate - partying. Ian - home - alone.

What is great about this moment? Life. My beloved Brenda and I are aghast at the prospect of sending our 3 beautiful children off into another school year - let alone life! Elinor - 12 - doesn't even want to "think" about grade 8. Ian doesn't want to be finished high school so quickly. And Olivia is about to become a student of bass-playing! (Mohawk year 1, or maybe year 2 if she's given some credit for her U of T work).

Brenda sets off for the first time into a year of teaching ONE THING: kindergarten at J.H. Ballard. Both of us have a battle to join - with our fellow teachers, this week, in a Queen's Park "Rally4Education." Contract strips, trampled laws, ignored rights. No need! We'll get through this - together! Our Education Centre in Hamilton being torn down as we march on Queen's Park for our rights!??

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