Alan Skeoch

Year: 2022

  • EPISODE 607 CELEBRATION OF CANADA DAY IN PORT CREDIT, ONT., JULY 1, 2022

    EPISODE 607   CELEBRATION OF CANADA DAY IN PORT CREDIT, ONT., JULY 1, 2022


    alan skeoch
    july 1, 2022



    Surely no one will resent the fact that Canadians puff themselves up on one day
    of year .. July 1, 2022.

    We hauled two lawn chairs, two umbrellas, and 2 cameras down to Port Credit this
    morning.  Parked ourselves and waited for the parade.  When it arrived we were 
    not disappointed.  Lots of Canadians…all ages, all ethnicities, all smiles paraded before 
    us.

    We tried to capture images of our land.  The people who love it.  Hopefully these pictures
    will convey the joy we felt.

    EPISODE 607   CELEBRATION OF CANADA DAY IN PORT CREDIT, ONT., JULY 1, 2022



    POST SCRIPT:  A WALK TO OUR CAR — SPLENDOUR ON OUR STREETS

    July and everything seems green and red and gold and yellow and purple….the maple leaves are green but
    they will change to red and gold.  Our flag knows that.


    Sadly, next year at this time one of these homes will be gone…chopped up an Excavating Machine’s teeth.  Look for the white sign.  There will be a public
    meeting  to save the home no doubt.  But in my humble experience big money always wins.  Progress is relentless.

  • EPISODE 603 BENARES CONCERT WITH AGE OF REASON June 24, 2022

    EPISODE 603    CONCERT BY AGE OF REASON AT BENARES JUNE 24, 2022


    alan skeoch
    june 24, 2022






    “Bringing our own chair makes a concert very personal.”
    “What do you mean by that?”
    “Feels like the concert is just for us.”
    “Sounds self – centred.”
    “Right. But maybe a few times in our lives we should feel special, don’t you think?”


    THIS IS BENARES ESTATE…OWNED BY THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA

    All summer long, every Friday except for Canada Day the Friends of the Museum
    has arranged social concerts….free, although a donation of $10 is appreciated.


    David O’Hearn
    Michelle Gee
    Maria Moore
    Chris Burke

    Four musicians ,… David, Michelle, Maria and Chris….serenaded us for two hours of
    Folk Tunes most of us knew by heart. including  ‘Puff  The Magic Dragon/‘ played and sung so Michelles’ grand daughter
    could dance.  (see little girl)

    Join Lennon’s “IMAGINE” …was another…  Then something from the Mommas and the Poppas who I had never 
    known.



     David jumped off the stage and threaded his way though the  audience.



    I counted two dogs….coul dhave been more…another dog howled in some distant corner
    of Benares.




    Feature dancer…


    Wanda….Enthusiastic committee member and record keeper


    A reader … stretched right out 


    And the organizer and Mistress of ceremonies, Joyce 


    “ChriS, you were part of the Windmill Theatre…I recognized our voice.”  said Marjorie
    “I wish the Windmill was still going….sadly not so.”  said Chris.



    featuring Maria on the tambourine .   Can you find it in he picture?




    Michelle on the guitar….also a Windmill Theatre soloist.  And a grandmother believed or not





    STORY SONGS …LIKE ’SOUND OF SILENCE BY SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
    Lyrics
    Hello darkness, my old friend
    I’ve come to talk with you again
    Because a vision softly creeping
    Left its seeds while I was sleeping
    And the vision that was planted in my brain
    Still remains
    Within the sound of silence
    In restless dreams I walked alone
    Narrow streets of cobblestone
    ‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
    I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
    That split the night
    And touched the sound of silence
    And in the naked light I saw
    Ten thousand people, maybe more
    People talking without speaking
    People hearing without listening
    People writing songs that voices never share
    No one dared
    Disturb the sound of silence
    “Fools” said I, “You do not know
    Silence like a cancer grows
    Hear my words that I might teach you
    Take my arms that I might reach you”
    But my words like silent raindrops fell
    And echoed in the wells of silence
    And the people bowed and prayed
    To the neon god they made
    And the sign flashed out its warning
    In the words that it was forming
    And the sign said, “The words of the prophets
    Are written on the subway walls
    And tenement halls
    And whispered in the sounds of silence”
    Source: LyricFind
    Songwriters: Paul Simon







  • ERROR IN 602…SHOULD BE HOWARD TANNER

    EPISODE 602 CONTINUED


    SORRY, I MADE A SERIOUS ERROR…THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE GREAT LAKES FISHERY
    WAS HOWARD TANNER.  My  memory failed until I sat down to watch the Bluejay game …. something
    was wrong….I got Tanner’s first name wrong.   And did not check facts.  Sorry to all.

    alan


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    Something Spectacular: My Great Lakes Salmon Story Hardcover – Illustrated, Dec 1 2018 

    by  Howard A. Tanner  (Author)
    See all formats and editions
    As the new chief of the Michigan Department of Conservation’s Fish Division in 1964, Howard A. Tanner was challenged to “do something . . . spectacular.” He met that challenge by leading the successful introduction of coho salmon into the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. This volume illustrates how Tanner was able to accomplish this feat: from a detailed account of his personal and professional background that provided a foundation for success; the historical and contemporary context in which the Fish Division undertook this bold step to reorient the state’s fishery from commercial to sport; the challenges, such as resistance from existing government institutions and finding funding, that he and his colleagues faced; the risks they took by introducing a nonnative species; the surprises they experienced in the first season’s catch; to, finally, the success they achieved in establishing a world-renowned, biologically and financially beneficial sport fishery in the Great Lakes. Tanner provides an engaging history of successfully introducing Pacific salmon into the lakes from the perspective of an ultimate insider.
     

  • EPISODE 602 PORT CREDIT SLMON DERBY JUNE 2022

    EPISODE 602    SALMON FISH DERBY, PORT CRDIT JUNE 2022


    alan skeoch
    June 2022

    “Some mighty big fish lurk in the deep water just a few km offshore froM Port Credit.”
    “How big?”
    “So big that it takes a strong man or, in this case,  one woman to lift one of these gnat salmon into a boat”


    May be an image of 3 people, people standing and outdoors



    There was a time in the 1950;s when the Great Lakes fishery seemed doomed as alewives and sea lampreys made these
    massive lakes devoid of large fish.  Then Harold Tanner, an American scientist introduced Pacific salmon, predators,  to the Lakes and
    doing so changed the whole ecology of the Great Lakes. 

    These giant salmon caught today not far offshore of Port Credit are the result of Tanner’s experiment.







    Brian Lambie was master of ceremonies handing out prizes to the lucky fishermen and fisherwomen.  His fellow club members enrich us all.

    Today there were huge crowds strolling the streets and docks of Port Credit  Most were totally unaware 
    that a small group of perhaps 100 people celebrated the rescue of the Great Lakes fishery.  And fewer still
    would remember Harold Tanner.   Miracles do happen.  Just for fun go to your computer and punch in
    his name.  You will be riveted to your seat for a couple of hours.  Guaranteed.


    alan skeoch

  • EPISODE 601 : “CAR ON FIRE”

    EPISODE 601   “CAR ON FIRE”


    alan skeoch
    June 21, 2022

    “Alan, it’s hot today, let’s do something cool.”
    “Like”
    :Visit the Salvation Army thrift store….you can buy me a fairly new dress.”

    It takes about ten minutes to reach Port credit from our house  Halfway there
    we noticed a whisper of smoke…then a massive conflagration as a car
    began to burn.  Anyone who believes cars are inflammable should take
    note.  The fire began in the motor region than spread faster than the traffic
    light could change.  Flames reached as high as the electricity wires high
    above, perhaps melting their shaeths.

    “Is it going to explode?”
    “Green light, we have to go.””
    “What about those two people standing beside the burning car?”
    “They better move fast…Gas tank is the next to go and that
    will not be pretty.

    We never knew what happened next.   But we were both amazed at 
    the speed of the fire.  Just enough time to turn off the road then get out.

    This is the first day of the summer of 2022.

    A hot day.


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    Post Script:   We did nothing.  What should we have done?  Notice the traffic light …red, then green.