Alan Skeoch

Year: 2017

  • FIRST DANCE…AND SHE WAS THERE…64 YEARS LATER SHE IS STILL THERE

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    So the 125th is over.  Return of the Native has happened.   Lots to think about…old friends, older teachers, still older hallowed halls of the old school.   Mistakes made.

    Achievements that surpassed me.  Probably a few grads who considered me a fool.  And a few good friends who liked me in spite flaws.  That is how you know colleagues are more than just fellow travellers.

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  • MY DAYS ARE IN THE YELLOW LEAF

    alan skeoch
    Nov. 3, 2017

    “Long ago I hung a little sign in the old pantry of our farm house….before we gutted and rebuilt everything.  It said, “My Days Are in The Yellow Leaf”.  It is  a  quote from Lord Byron which he may have borrowed and changed from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, “My way of life is  fallen into the  sere and  yellow leaf.”  Both quotes  are depressing…expressions of dread…

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  • Before and After the Lizard Got Loose

    THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL DINNER AND SOCIALISING…YOU MIGHT FIND THIS STORY AMUSING OR HORRIFYING
    hope I spelled Torgunn’s name right. Excuse typos…my machine does weird things to words.

    BEFORE AND AFTER THE LIZARD GOT LOOSE

    alan skeoch
    oct. 22, 2017

    (You may be surprised where the thread of this story leads you.)

    “Alan, could you and Marjorie come for dinner at Chad’s house on Sunday.  Dirk and his kids are coming as well?” (more…)

  • JOY GOODWIN: THE CONCERT THAT NEVER HAPPENED

    NOTE: The dialogue is really me talking to myself…imagination. Pictures vary..some are mine, some from other sources

    JOY GOODWIN: THE CONCERT THAT NEVER HAPPENED

    This is Joy Goodwin, creative genius, alongside her Tuba player Paul Caron who may have been the oldest member of the Parkdale Collegiate Orchestra.

    This is the story of one of our PCI Music Field Trips. But more, it is the story of Joy…both capitalized and lower case…Joy and joy.

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  • WASPS? I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM

    A Little bit loony, so you are warned…

    WASPS? I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM
    (What about Colonising Mars? Do Wasps have the key?)

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    Oct. 2017

    “Alan, the wasps are after the wine…too many of them…seems dangerous.”
    “Not so, what you are witnessing is a tragedy.”

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