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MARJORIE … TAKES CHARGE OF TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL NOV. 16,2017

MARJORIE SKEOCH…”MY  GOOD HEALTH IS ALL DUE  TO MY  HUSBAND ALAN”
Nov. 16, 2017

“Are you physically active Marjorie?”, asked Mary, her  nurse at Toronto Western Hospital.
“Well, let me  put it this  way.  See that man over there, my  husband.    He does not know how to start the  washing machine or the dryer.   “
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THE LAST FLIGHT OF HX 313

On May 27, 1944, a Halifax Bomber, HX 313, was ripped and torn by a German night Fighter after dropping its bomb load on Bourg Leopold, Belgium.
A cousin who I had  never met was the upper Middle Gunner and was killed as the  night fighter shells ripped  across the underbelly of the plane.  Over the last few decades I have been able to reconstruct much of what happened before, during and after that fateful evening.  My use of dialogue may offend sensitive ears.  Sorry about that.  This will be a long story…to be sent in segments.

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

alan skeoch

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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