EPISODE 108 FEAR OF COVID 19 HAS MADE ME LEERY OF BARBER SHOPS…THE RESULT?
EPISODE 108
SO I have sent you 108 stories…episodes….
TONIGHT I am too tired to do another so Marjorie thought
some of you might wonder what i look light….with or
without hair. Thanks Brad for sending the pic with the
curly red hair.
A confession: Even though the episodes take a lot of time writing the
script and then searching through a thousand or more photos to
try and bring the scripts to life…even though these stories take a lot
of work. I enjoy doing them. Recording events that have affected
our tiny microcosmic community has and will continue to be
quite enjoyable. Just knowing that some of you take the time to
read them is flattering indeed. I know some of you, like Bill
McKay, only look at the pictures. That is why Episode 108 is
so short. No reading required.
I believe the ten years spent in the mining game…Game? I believe
those glimpses of Canada were worth recording. And then there
is the Victor Poppa diary of sex and bombing in World War II.
Those adventures would never have seen the light
of day without the help of Covid 10. And, oh yes, My dad, Red Skeoch,
was an unconventional father proud of his two sons in
a backhanded way. “One is a gutsy bugger and the other
is as stupid as Joe’s dog.” Dad really new how to flatter
people. No one would remember Dad except the people
he borrowed $20 from. My brother and I thought our mother’s
name was Methusala until we discovered that was the oldest
person in the Bible. Mom was one year older than Dad, hence
the name Methusalum. (Dad added the ‘um…sounded better…he would have
modernized the whole Bible were it not for the fact he found
the Daily Racing Form more interesting.
You want to know where the spark came from? Voltaire, the
French author, wrote a book titled Candide in which an innocent
and naive young lad, Candide, set out to see the world with his teacher,
Pangloss, as a guide. What does Pangloss mean?
Big Mouth. Voltaire’s affectiom for teachers was limited.
Those of you in isolation might like to find the book. Not
hard to read. Some Chapters are only 2 pages long.
The stories will keep coming.
God, I wish I did not get a haircut today. My curls were better
than Justin Trudeau’s. Vanity. All is Vanity.
alan skeoch
Sept. 2020
P>S> And some of you are writing stories as well. Great.
I feel justified.
PPS Thanks Brad for sending this photo … the one with the
curly hair. Marjorie took the other…the picture with no hair.