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Meals on Wheels is Expanding!
Our Meals on Wheels is expanding into these new
areas: Port Franks, Forest, Wallaceburg, Corunna, and
Petrolia! We are happy to assess your address if you
live in the surrounding areas not listed. Delivery days
for hot meals are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for
all areas except Corunna which is Monday and Friday.
For registration, meal information, and to see if you
qualify for subsidy, please contact: 519-845-1353, or
transportation@lambtonelderlyoutreach.org.
Meals on Wheels Volunteers Needed!
Looking for volunteers to deliver hot meals to our newly
served areas of: Port Franks, Forest, Wallaceburg, Corunna, and Petrolia! Deliveries are made
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and take approximately 2 hours. Volunteers can choose
to use their personal vehicle and be reimbursed for mileage or can use an agency provided
vehicle. A volunteer orientation will be held as part of the onboarding process. Interested?
Please contact: volunteer@leohelps.ca for more information or to register!
The Peer Program: For You, By You!
The Peer Program at Lambton Elderly Outreach is a peer-to-peer social group from those
who want to participate in various social activities planned for and by participants! All
content is generated by the members who have an interest in a particular area then we
make it happen! Past events include coffee and chat, painting in the park, and bingo! To
be a part of this group, please call or email the Community Engagement Specialist at
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It’s My Party!
By Jeanette Paddon, St. Thomas
On Sunday mornings, I tune in to my
favourite radio station to listen to the
artists from the 50’s and 60’s. For a little
while, I am fifteen years old once again,
as I sing along with Paul Anka, Pat
Boone, Leslie Gore, Fats Domino, Elvis,
and The Beatles. It surprises me that so
many years later, I still remember all the
words to the songs. Growing up in a pretelevision
era, my friends and I turned
to the radio for entertainment.
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played, we would rush out
to purchase the little
45 rpm record of this
song, then spend hours
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and the “Twist” as we
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we were the generation that was going
to change the world! Getting a job
would enable us to buy everything we
wished for and do anything we wanted.
However, as fate would have it, Cupid
got involved, which found us all getting
married, raising a family, and
working hard to make ends
meet. The years rushed by, and
one day I found my mother
looking back in my mirror…
Now, while my friends and I
discuss our aches and pains,
we shake our head in disbelief
at the realization that we
are now today’s senior
citizens! Heading out
each day for my “fitness”
walk, I know, that as they smile and
wave to me, the young people I meet
think of me as that nice ‘older’ woman
from the neighbourhood. Perhaps it
is just as well they do not see me on
Sunday mornings, as I sing along to “It’s
my party…”
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I have a very good friend who will
not take my advice on something that I
think would be really good for him, and
isn’t nearly as difficult as he thinks it is.
Joe (we’ll call him) is one of the newer
residents in a nearby long-term home.
He’s an avid reader and his mind is as
sharp as a tack, but getting around has
become a serious challenge. I’ve tried to
convince him, to no avail, to learn how to
use an iPad.
An iPad is one of several brands of
tablets, basically touchscreens that contain
a world of information, but are much
easier to handle and use than a computer.
I’m not writing this article to preach to the
masses of people who are already well
aware of what an iPad is and is capable of.
I am writing it for the person that is put off
by or afraid of any technology, believing
that they could never understand it. I’m
also writing this for their kids – the ones
who have been saying the same thing to
them for months on end with no better
luck.
What Joe doesn’t realize is that an iPad
is hardly any more complicated than
using a bank card but it does a whole lot
more. This device, which can be cradled
in one hand and manipulated using the
touchscreen with the other, contains every
book he’s ever read. Actually, it can give
him easy access to almost every book
ever written. It can also give him access
to almost every song he’s ever heard,
thousands of movies and TV shows, and
most of the knowledge in the entire world
in multiple languages.
If Joe has the urge to learn more about
World War II he could type that into the
search bar and choose from, in this case,
over 2.03 billion pieces of information.
No one needs to know that much about
war, so let’s choose Elvis Presley instead.
Google is a search engine where you
would type the King’s name and, within
one second, it will offer you 134 million
articles, photos, recordings, trivia, stupid
facts, look-alikes, just about anything you
could imagine. If you search just Elvis, and
not Presley, you’ll have 205 million entries
to choose from.
Joe is set in his ways. He will not listen
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to me, but would love it if only he could
get past the fact that it’s technology that
he doesn’t need to understand. I don’t
understand it either. Every photo I’ve
ever taken in my life will now fit onto a
device the size of my pinky finger. I don’t
know how it does it, and I don’t need to.
It’s amazing, and after a small learning
curve most people could master at least
some parts of it. Joe would find it to be
invaluable if he used it only for reading.
I’m sure that the staff or some residents at
his new home are perfectly capable of, and
very accustomed to, helping people get
acquainted with these remarkable devices
and overcoming the learning curve.
I didn’t know how to play euchre until
someone taught me and euchre is vastly
more difficult than operating an iPad. But
with an iPad you don’t have a partner
looking at you as if to say “What the Hell
have you done? I don’t have any spades!”
It’s also a remarkable communication
tool. Whatever age you are, you can find
and contact many friends and relatives
through Facebook, or email or other social
media platforms. You can speak to your
kids or your grandkids with it, and see
them!
You can write notes or an entire book
on it, record your voice, song lyrics or
random thoughts. You can play chess or
solitaire and even euchre against it, or
against people anywhere on the globe.
It’s also a very good camera, a compass,
a star chart, a map of everywhere, a photo
album, a cookbook, a radio, a far better
sports page, a movie player, a calculator,
a dictionary, an alarm clock... the list goes
on and on and on.
I should note that these are the easy
things, the simple things it is capable of.
Every eight year old can do these things
with ease, and so can my friend if he
would only try it for an hour. Trust me,
Joe has an hour to spare at this stage of
his life. I can’t convince him to just give
it a try, but maybe, just maybe, someone
reading this will take my advice.
What’s that old saying… Don’t knock it
till you’ve tried it?
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The Altons hand-planted a test acre in
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varieties of grape, including Cabernet
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hybrid cold-temperature varieties. In
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was then thoughtfully planned out,
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volunteer to help hand-pick grapes
each year during harvest season.
“They also help with bottling, labeling
and events that we host.” Their wines
are processed, bottled, corked, and
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store and at select LCBOs.
Alton Farms Estate Winery
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gift certificates, but their favorite
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property. This year marks their 5th
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we’ve received, so it’s wonderful to be
able to support other organizations.
We are really proud to be the pioneer
estate winery and vineyard in this
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In
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by Stan Scizlowski, Lasalle
from Daytripping Nov.-Dec. 2008 & 2020
Here, at Cassino War Cemetery,
where the early morning shadows of
the Montecassino Heights steal slowly,
almost imperceptibly across the gateway
to the Liri Valley, lie buried the earthly
remains of our Canadian comrades.
They gave their lives in a just war to
preserve the freedoms we so dearly
cherish, and now they lie side by side
with their British and Commonwealth
comrades. The rich soil of Italy was
made richer by the flesh and blood they
had so freely given to it.
Their last resting place is one
of incomparable beauty, so nobly
designed, crafted and maintained.
Under the blue skies of spring and
summer the wayward breezes sigh
and murmur through the tall pines and
acacias. Within shade and out in the
warming sun stand rows upon rows of
white headstones that mark
the places where they sleep.
Bright flowering shrubs and
plants grow above them,
and the green, green grass
on which we walk is of the
land they called home. They
are heroes. They gave their
‘all’ as they stood at the
threshold of what should
have been an abundant and
satisfying life. Their dreams
and the dreams of those
who loved them have been
shattered on the hard anvil of war.
They know no more weariness or
pain, nor exulting joy, nor tears of
sadness, nor the torments of anger and
despair. They are sleeping. They have
known not the soft caress of a woman’s
love, nor the love of a child in their
arms. So much has been denied them.
They awake not to bright dawns nor
hear the thunder and see the flash of
summer’s storms. The leaves of autumn
scattered not to their tread, nor the
joys of spring greet them in all its glory.
They are sleeping. Though the world
has trembled again and again to the
loud and frightful sounds of war, they
feared not, for their peace is forever.
They have fought the good fight, have
laid down their arms, and are resting,
a sleep that knows no waking, no
tomorrow. We who have walked safely
out of the shadows of the valley of
death will always remember them. Yes,
we will remember them until that time
when we are to climb the long stairway
to eternity.
“They were only in the morning of
their lives when the golden trumpets
called them to eternity.”
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Tales of Lambton County Roads
Do you remember the last time you spent
a pleasant day travelling on the back
roads of Lambton County, marveling
at the scenery and reminiscing of
the events these old roads have seen
over the years? They’ve witnessed the
days of the early settlers travelling by
horse, oxen and foot to the modern
speeding traffic whistling by with barely
a sideward glance. The dusty old roads
of the pioneers are now mostly paved
to accommodate the speed of modern
day life. But one of our true pleasures is
to meander down an old country road,
drinking in the natural wonders of the
countryside and remembering the days
of yore. Strange that people will travel
so far to see the wonders of the world
when there is so much beauty and
mystery right here in our own backyards.
We have the rivers, lakes, (Huron and
Chipican) the historic sites and buildings
but even our roads offer so much if we
are ready for the experience.
There are many famous roads here
in Lambton County with interesting
tales of when, why and how they
were built. Some of the early pioneer
roads were useful for only a short time
before disappearing, while others have
remained to become busy thoroughfares
to this day.
The Egremont Road was built by early
governments in the 1830’s hoping to
encourage more settlers in the west of
the province, as well as provide a military
road from London to their proposed
harbour at Errol.
There is the still busy London Line,
built by Sarnia’s early citizens during
the 1840’s, to divert traffic from the
government planned harbour at Errol to
their own proposed Port Sarnia.
The famous Plank Road was built to
Oil Springs by these same citizens in the
1860’s to divert the oil traffic to Sarnia.
This busy road now handles most of the
traffic between Sarnia and Petrolia but
has a historic past unknown to many of
its travellers. The tales this road could
tell!
The Nauvoo Road was chopped through
the wilderness by Archibald Gardener
and his followers on their way to join the
Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois.
The histories of these famous roads are
fairly well known, but many don’t realize
that the construction of the London Line
was organized to purposely strangle
the settlement at Errol. By building a
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Village they diverted
traffic to Sarnia which
became the most direct
road to the harbour to
the west of London. This
road, though plagued
with swamps, established
Sarnia as the centre for
both land and water
traffic at the head of the
St. Clair River. History
proved Sarnians such as Cameron, Vidal
and Durand to be right, and shipping
at the port grew even more when the
railroads later arrived.
However, there are many more historic
old roads in Lambton County whose
histories have long been forgotten. Many
are still in use, dotted with picturesque
farms, schools, churches and community
halls that arouse our imaginations. But
though many of the old sites and tales
are gone one can still enjoy the nostalgia
of the past while travelling along these
quiet thoroughfares. If we only knew
the stories of their history there would
be even more enjoyment during such
leisurely drives.
Some of these forgotten roads scattered
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Fansher Road down in Euphemia, which
provides an idyllic, shaded trip during a
warm summer day. Euphemia also has
the Smith’s Falls Road, the Florence,
the Aughrim and Dobbyn Roads. Dawn
has the famous Tramway Road and
Aberfeldy Line. The former Bosanquet
Township has the Ridge Road; and
a maze around Thedford. Sarnia has
several of the old “Given Roads” such as
Blackwell, Errol and the Old Lakeshore.
There is Enniskillen’s Gum Bed Line,
while down in the former Sombra
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Black Creek Road and the once famous
Blue Water Highway. The list goes on and
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4 Easy Loving Freddie Hart
5 I Won’t Mention M ItAgain Ray R Pricei
6 The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Tom T. Hall
7 You’re My Man Lynn Anderson
8 Empty Arms Sonny James
Billboard Hits
9 How Can I Unlove You Lynn Anderson
10 I’m Just Me Charley Pride
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1 Joy to the World Three Dog Night
2 Maggie May/Reason to Believe Rod Stewart
3 It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move
Carole King
4 One Bad Apple The Osmonds
5 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Bee Gees
6 Indian Reservation Paul Revere & the Raiders
7 Go Away Little Girl Donny Osmond
8 Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver
9 Just My Imagination The Temptations
10 Knock Three Times Tony Orlando and Dawn
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The French Connection
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Billy Jack
Fiddler on the Roof
Diamonds are Forever
Summer of ‘42
Carnal Knowledge
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There’s an old rocking chair in the kitchen
That srs fond memories in me
Scenes from the days of my childhood
Rocked on a dear mother’s knee.
Grandmother sat with her kning
In this same old rocking chair,
And I curiously watched her fingers
Working such wonders there.
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This old rocking chair was a comfort
When at mes I was weary or sad
It somehow dispelled countless worries
That o’ mes I needlessly had.
It has rocked a fih generaon
And through the years had many a blow
But disguised are its scars of usage
With a colorful hand knied throw.
Sll as a faithful friend it waits,
With open arms and cushioned seat
For all who love its simple charm
Or gently rock themself to sleep.
I treasure this old kitchen rocker
As others before me cared for it such
Though yet with its me worn frame,
It sll has that myscal, magic touch.
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1. Which winged archer is represented in Piccadilly Circus, London?
a] Anteros b] Eros c] Cupid d] Amor
2. This grammatical symbol represents a pause, then a thought. As an
element in Christian tattoos, the symbol represents a commitment to
life. Name the grammatical symbol.
3. In what year did Bill Gates and Paul Allen create Microsoft?
4. This player is known to have scored the first run in the history of the
Major League Baseball.
5. Name the three largest main world religions.
6. What species of fish does caviar come from?
7. What kind of phobia is pogonophobia?
a] Fear of bouncing b] Fear of heights
c] Fear of beards d] Fear of feet
8. What essential piece of office equipment did Johnann Vaaler invent
in 1900?
9. Who is Thurston Howell III?
10. Name four actors who have played the character “007” James Bond.
11. Who has been the only bachelor President of the United States?
12. What is the name of the tallest structure ever built?
a] Burj Khalifa b] CN Tower
c] Grollo Tower d] Taipei 101
13. In Nunavut, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are offical languages
alongside English and French. How many different languages are
there in the Northwest Territories?
14. What is the most common element in the Earth’s atmosphere?
a] Oxygen b] Nitrogen c] Carbon d] Potassium
15. Where would a boxer most commonly have a “mouse?”
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1. Anteros; 2. Semicolon; 3. 1975; 4. Wes Fisler; 5. Christianity, Islam, Hunduism;
6. Sturgeon (including Ossetra, Sevruga, and Beluga); 7. Fear of beards; 8. The paper
ciip; 9. Thurston Howell III, known as “The Millionaire,” is a character on the sitcom
Gilligan’s Island; 10. Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore,
Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig; 11. James Buchanan Jr.; 12. Burj
Khalifa; 13. There are 11. Chipewyn, Cree, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun,
Unuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, and Thons; 14. Nitrogen; 15. His eye.
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the season of sunshine and roses, and
winter, except for snow-bunnies, the
season that drives us southward, or
indoors, then autumn, dazzling in its
cloak of blazing colours, is a season for
all reasons.
I got to thinking about autumn things
after seeing the movie: “Autumn in
New York,” and on leaving the show,
overhearing members of the audience
rave about how beautiful New York City
must be in the fall. I have visited New
York City in October, and it certainly is
as lovely as the movie shows it to be at
that time of the year. However, I would
challenge anyone to name a place that
tops Ontario when it comes to fabulous
fall foliage.
Being a Fall-Guy, the very words
that autumn and fall conjure up in my
mind: russet pears, cranberry sauce,
Fall Guy
apple strudel, pumpkin pies and
Niagara peaches, fall on my ear like
the soothing sound of raindrops
plopping on lily pads. When the
humidity, the smog and the bugs of
summer have all been blown away by
September’s cool breezes, and the slush
and sniffles of winter are still forming
ranks before attacking us in force, fall,
exploding in a blaze of maples and sumac,
turns Ontario into a red, yellow and orange
wonderland indeed.
Fall is: Halloween ghost stories told
around a wood fire, and bobbing for apples
in a big tub of water. It’s little goblins trickor-treating
in the October gloaming, their
innocent faces hidden behind devilish
masks. Autumn is: Fishing in the misty
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chill of a lake that’s
been deserted by
its fair-weather
friends. It’s listening to
the eerie call of the loon
while roasting wieners over a campfire.
It’s the World Series, and football games,
Labour Day and Thanksgiving. This
golden season that falls between sunburn
and frostbite, means homemade plum
jam and blueberry pie, cotton candy
and all the midway bells and smells at
the county fair. It’s a time for shopping
at roadside stands that are flush with
the fresh produce of tree and field. It’s
families going on Sunday afternoon trips
to the orchard for tractor rides and the
tang of fresh apple cider.
I know a few people who find the fall
of the year a depressing season. They
tell me that it reminds them of the
death of summer, and the coming of
the snows. Being a Fall Guy, I, of course,
see it differently. With falling leaves
swirling around my feet, the pungent
smell of wood-smoke in the air, and the
bush ablaze in the autumn sun, death is
the last thing on my mind as I wander
through the magical season of a hundred
hues that separates the green of summer
from winter’s white. In fact, I think it
would be wonderful if everyone looked
this beautiful as they “slipped the surly
bonds of earth.”
There are summer places and there are
winter places, but when the fall queen
dons her gorgeous gown of myriad colours
and struts her stuff across Ontario, I know
one thing for sure: There is no place more
beautiful than this place, anyplace.
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Building A Better Sarnia-Lambton
With the Minister of Labour and
representatives of LiUNA Local
1089 announcing a provincial
investment of almost $350,000
to provide free construction
training for up to 60 people.
At the opening of the
Clearwater Arena High-Output
COVID-19 Immunization Clinic
with Lambton County’s
Medical Officer of Health.
It’s a pleasure to welcome you back to The Club, where the
fall edition is sure to provide you with lots of light-hearted,
entertaining reading! With the arrival of fall, we say goodbye
to a wonderful summer where we were able to gather with
families and friends for some of our favourite activities.
Everywhere I travelled in the riding over the past few months,
I talked to people who were more positive about the future,
which was very gratifying to hear.
There is no doubt that these have been challenging times
over the past year-and-a-half. However, it’s great to see that
people all across Sarnia-Lambton are finally getting a sense
that life may be returning to something more normal. We
have gotten through so much by working together, following
health guidelines and getting vaccinated. I want to personally
thank all Lambtonians, especially those who are 55+, for
doing their part and helping to keep us all safe and healthy.
Thanking legendary
Canadian golfer Mike Weir
for supporting the Access
Open Minds Centre, which will
provide help for youth who are
struggling in the community.
Thanking local pharmacists
Richard Kelch and
Samantha Roman on
Independent Pharmacy Day
for being healthcare heroes.
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With the Minister of Colleges and
Universities at Lambton College
where the Ontario government
announced it is providing up to
$591,942 to help increase
enrollment in nursing programs.
Congratulating St. Joseph’s
Hospice on receiving an $87,400
grant from the Ontario Trillium
Foundation Resilient
Communities Fund to support the
amazing work they do.
Contact Bob Bailey
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Fax: 519-337-3246
I am now back at Queen’s Park for the fall session of the
Legislature. We have a full schedule ahead of us as all parties
work together to pass important legislation for seniors and
for all Ontarians. Over the past several months, the
government has made a large number of funding
announcements targeted to helping seniors across
Sarnia-Lambton.
With the cost of living on the rise and all the stresses of
everyday living during COVID, the province appreciates the
unique challenges faced by those 55+, many of whom are
living on fixed incomes. If you have concerns related to any
provincial matters, my Constituency Office staff is always
available to help. Check out my contact information at the
bottom of this page and please feel free to stop by my office,
call or email any time.
Have a safe and happy autumn! It’s a beautiful time of year,
so be sure to enjoy this most glorious of seasons - and check
out everything that Sarnia-Lambton has to offer. Happy trails
to you – until we meet again!
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Jack-O'-Lantern
Loneliness
By Billy Yurchuk, General Manager, Wellings of Corunna
Believe it or not, in Ireland, where Hallowe'en began, the first
jack-o'-lanterns weren't made of pumpkins. They were made out of
rutabagas, potatoes, turnips, or even beets!
There is an old Irish legend about a man named Stingy Jack who
was too mean to get into heaven and had played too many
tricks on the devil to go to hell. When he died, he
had to walk the earth, carrying a lantern made
out of a turnip with a burning coal inside.
Stingy Jack became known as "Jack of
the Lantern," or "Jack-o'-lantern".
From this legend came the Irish
tradition of placing jack-o'-lanterns
made of turnips and other vegetables
in windows or by doors on Hallowe'en. The jack-o'-lanterns are meant to
scare away Stingy Jack and all the other spirits that are said to walk
the earth on that night.
It wasn't until the tradition was brought to North America by
immigrants that pumpkins were used for jack-o'-lanterns.
Loneliness and social isolation are a
common and serious, health risk, but
it isn’t always recognized as one. Some
people think that becoming lonely and
depressed is simply just part of growing
older. This is simply not true. The
capacity and need for friendship does
not decrease with age, and seniors with
healthy social networks can continue
living rich, full lives.
Loneliness isn’t just a feeling—it’s
a physical stressor that can adversely
affect one’s health. That’s the conclusion
that more and more researchers are
coming to as they study the effects of
chronic loneliness and isolation.
People who go through life without
much support and companionship from
friends and family are more likely to
suffer a variety of health effects, both
physically and mentally.
Lonely people are less resilient
than individuals with healthy social
lives. They’re more likely to become
ill, and they’re less able to cope with
mentally and emotionally stressful
situations. Someone who suffers from
chronic loneliness is at risk for lowered
cognitive function, mood problems like
depression, and addiction to alcohol or
drugs.
Loneliness can strike anyone at any
age. However, seniors are at especially
high risk for chronic loneliness and all
the complications that go with it. That’s
why preventing loneliness in seniors
should be an especially high priority
for caregivers and people with senior
family members.
Seniors are often unprepared to deal
with the boredom and isolation of postretirement
life. After retiring, many
seniors find themselves feeling idle and
unfulfilled unless they try to find new
productive things to do with their time.
Over time, these feelings of boredom
and isolation turn into full-blown
chronic loneliness. Chronic loneliness
is stigmatized, and many people don’t
want to admit that they’re feeling
isolated. Loneliness does not get better
on its own–fixing it requires a person to
change their attitudes and
habits, which is usually
difficult to do alone.
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first step to combatting
loneliness and isolation.
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find social groups, group
activities, even move
to a place where it is
not lonely. Life is tough
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care of each other.
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There wasn’t much Christmas
spirit in my heart the year that
I had started kindergarten. I
was covered in red spots, my
tummy hurt, my head was
hot and achy and I had to
stay in bed instead of being
at the class party with all
the other children. Well - not
quite ‘all’ - three others, my
mother told me after talking
to the teacher, where also in
the thick of measles. Not the nicest of
Christmas gifts to have been exchanged
in a classroom of five-year-olds.
One event did brighten the scene,
though - my beloved Gran’s arrival
on the earliest train she could catch.
Mother must have had her hands full
with a miserable little girl in bed, and a
two-year-old boy determined to sneak
into the sickroom and play with his
sister. She probably welcomed Gran
as fervently as I did as I relished in the
personal pampering, the lavender water
dabbed on my forehead, and all the TLC.
Snakes and Ladders, Parcheesi, Old
Maid and Snap kept Gran busy in her
role of amusing me, intended to make
up for missing the party on the last day
of school. Hardly a prima donna, the
dear lady entertained me with off-key
renditions of carols old and modern,
although joining in the choruses made
my own scratchy throat sore.
She told me all the familiar stories
over and over, but I don’t suppose I was
as caught up in the birth of the Baby
Jesus as I was in the dismal thought
that Santa Claus might not stop at
our house. Would he dare to come
down our chimney? Would I have an
empty stocking at the foot of my bed
on Christmas morning? And, oh dear,
would my little brother miss out too, all
because of me? Gran tried to assure me
that the venerable old gent was immune
to children’s germs on his important
mission around the world, and anyway,
the cold air around his sleigh would
freeze any little nasties flying around.
She was right, of course. On the big
morning I woke to find my stocking
overflowing with bounty from his bag,
and a note was attached. In a hasty
scrawl was printed: “Get well soon.
Love, Santa. XXX.”
After some porridge and juice, Mother
took the tray away, replacing it with a
stack of gifts on the bed. She
and Gran rolled their eyes and
threw up their hands as my little
brother came in and clambered
up on the patchwork quilt to
join in the fun.
Gran’s present was a doll,
the kind that today would be
a collector’s item, an antique
of considerable value if only
it had not, in time, gone to
its well-deserved rest in dolly
heaven. The face was fine porcelain, the
features painted to perfection, with skyblue
eyes that really opened, thick lashes
feathering her cheeks when her eyelids
closed. Long golden ringlets were tied
with blue ribbon bows. The clothes she
wore were the height of fashion at the
time, and Gran had knitted and sewn
others. She was beautiful! I instantly
named her ‘Sylvia’ after my current
best friend.
Naturally I wanted her in bed with me
that night, even though Mother and Gran
gently advised against it in case Sylvia
caught measles too. My pleas won out,
and her golden head lay beside mine
on the pillow, the need to keep my new
friend close to me selfishly overriding
the risk of contagion.
Next morning, though, when I woke
up, the china face was covered with
red spots! Mother, Dad and Gran raced
in at my initial shout, but instead of
saying “We told you so,” they burst
out laughing. Gran took a wet cloth
and wiped the spots away, and Dad
grinned as he showed me the smeared
red palette and wet brush he’d used
from the new paintbox Santa had left
me. Sylvia’s remarkable recovery was a
make-believe medical miracle. My little
brother, though, when unfortunately his
turn came, was most upset that his red
spots couldn’t be erased as quickly as
the dolly’s.
Sylvia eventually succumbed, as
dollies do, to too many years of
undressing, dressing and hair-brushing,
but I like to think that the story of
her remarkable recovery has brought
smiles to many a measle-marred
little face over the generations since
it happened. It’s a tale this grandma
dusts off and brings out of her store of
memories whenever she gets the call
to go and help the latest victim of the
childhood malady.
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Toys That Almost Killed Us
Part 2
In the summer issue of “Welcome To
The Club” we heard how firecrackers,
pocket knives, and empty spray cans
were common playthings in the “good old
days.” Tired of “explosive” and “cutting
edge” experiences, in this edition,
Lee explains how she decided to ditch
playing with the boys, and opt for less
dangerous activities with the girls.
Enjoy. (Read Part 1 by visiting
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issue, page 34)
First up: Chinese skipping.
The girls had long pieces of
one inch thick elastic used in
waistbands from their mom’s
sewing baskets. They’d knot it
together and then two girls would stand
about four feet apart, elastic around
their ankles. The “jumper” would start
at “ankles” and there was a pattern to it.
First you’d jump on the elastic on one
side, then the other, then in between,
inside and outside. Then you’d do a
crossover, hooking the elastic at the
front of your ankles and jumping over
the other side and repeat. Every move
had a name: hornet, Yankees, wildcat,
etc. Once you’d finished the first cycle
at ankles, you’d move up to calfsies,
kneesies, thighsies, waisties. If you
messed up, it was the next girl’s turn
and you’d switch places. Well, being
a competitor, I thought, “this will be
easy because I can jump like a boy.”
Sure enough, I advanced to thighsies,
but when I went to do the crossover, I
stumbled, tripped over the elastic, and
ended up sprawled, red-faced, knees,
hands and chin scraped bloody.
While the girls played with “Indian
Rubber” balls, I and most of the boys
preferred Wham-O SuperBall. The
black, synthetic rubber ball, when
thrown to the pavement with all one’s
strength, could bounce higher than a
three-story house. In a tie-in to my
current home of Sarnia, Ontario,
it was made with polybutadiene,
hydrated silica, zinc oxide,
stearic acid and other goodies,
most of which continue to
be produced right here.
Dale’s older brother, Jack,
the de facto leader of the
boys because of his size
and strength, wound up and
almost left his feet hurling the rock
hard ball onto the pavement. Up...
up….up it sailed, all of us craning our
necks skyward, trying to spot it in the
sun. Dale yelled out that it had sailed
to Heaven. Jack briefly turned his head
sideways to call him stupid and the
falling sphere caught him square on his
forehead, careening off his noggin’ way
up in the air again. Jack was felled by
the blow and developed a goose egg the
exact size of the ball right between his
eyes. I read in Wikipedia that in the late
By Lee Michaels, Sarnia
1960’s Wham-O made a SuperBall the
size of a bowling ball as a promotional
stunt. It fell from the 23rd story of a
hotel in Australia and destroyed a
parked convertible on the second
bounce. All I know is that a SuperBall
fell onto the roof or Mr. Smith’s cruiser
and put a huge dent in it and we all
ran like the wind because he was
a constable at the local RCMP
detachment. (He also made
a kick-butt outdoor rink,
complete with boards and
lights in his backyard every
winter where we almost killed
each other with slapshots with a
frozen solid puck).
By far, the toy that caused me the most
pain was the set of “clackers” that were
all the rage. Two heavy tempered glass
spheres (later changed to hard acrylic
plastic), each attached to a separate
string. You’d put the tab attached to the
strings between your fingers, and start
swinging them, your wrist moving up
and down, trying to get them to “clack”
together both on top of and below your
hand. Doing so, though, took a lot of
practise, which in turn led to black
and blue arm forearms on most of
the kids in the neighbourhood. And if
that wasn’t dangerous enough, they’d
shatter, sending shards flying in every
direction. They were eventually pulled
from the market in both the United
States and Canada after being classified
as a “mechanical hazard.”
I haven’t even scratched the surface
of toys that no parent of today would
allow their kids to play with: electric
Easy-Bake Ovens that could
shock or burn you, BB guns
that left red, welted miniorbs
on your skin, and lawn
darts that impaled many a
foot.
But after playing with
knives for years, it was the most
benign toy that I remember
piercing the skin. I was playing
pick-up sticks (a “girl’s game”)
on the wooden front porch of the
three Ruf sisters’ house when Jack
and Dale sauntered over. “That looks
easy,” they said. “We want to play,
too.” So after explaining the game, we
began. Mind you, these weren’t the
flimsy little twigs kids play with today.
These were thick, heavy duty, very
pointy pick-up sticks. Jack’s pudgy,
clumsy fingers were no match for his
little brother’s slim digits. When Dale
handily won the game, Jack picked up
the last stick and furiously slammed it
pointy end down on the deck, impaling
the webbing between Dale’s index
finger and thumb to the deck. The girls
shrieked, Dale cried, Jack ran away and
I pulled the stick out. Give me a safe old
ivory jack knife anyday.
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Let me introduce you to Sergeant John go back to all his customers and collect
50 YEARS! Keating (ret). After 31 years of policing the tax that should have been collected.
in a major urban area of our country This is the second sting on the same
he decided to turn his considerable law scam.”
enforcement training, experience, and Computer financial scams are
skill to assisting seniors and their families. infamous for their sophistication. John
Church Ladies
Specifically, assisting them in overcoming states, “They look like something right
the deluge of scams and frauds that is from the bank.” Here they ask for all
With Typewriters!
coming at them on an almost daily basis. of your personal, banking, and credit
At the evening service
Before the pandemic hit, John was called information in order to avert some
tonight, the sermon topic
on as a leading speaker across Canada, horrible outcome. Delete it immediately.
will be 'What Is Hell?'.
the U.S., and internationally. Further, with The bank never does its business like this.
Come early and listen
Why his extensive investigative background, These are three, there are many, many
to our choir practice.
he was called upon to investigate cases more. I have included a link to you to
of senior abuse. I will write about senior review a detailed list of scams to be on
Eight new choir robes
Wait? abuse in the next edition of The Club. the lookout for.
are currently needed
“In Canada it is estimated that at least https://www.antifraudcentrecentreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm
due to the addition of
10% of all seniors have been victims of
several new members
some form of fraud,” states John Keating. In the examples, we have seen calls,
and to the deterioration
“Similar stats exist for our neighbour to door-to-door, and email scams. These
of some older ones.
the south. U.S. seniors are not safe from are the ways the fraudster gets to his/her
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Les Paul shows that the average dollar value of fraudster is not to answer the phone, door,
with the deceased person
Tribute fraud is $9,175. That is the average. Some or email unless you know who is calling,
you want remembered.
are less, and some are much more.” knocking, or emailing. “It may feel like you
John further explained, the financial are a bit of a prisoner in your own home,”
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loss for an individual senior is a crime. said John. “It is more about keeping
at 5:00 PM - prayer and
The other, more profound outcome of yourself safe.” Get Call Display on your
medication to follow.
fraud for a senior comes in the form of phone and do not answer the call unless
The ladies of the Church
deep psychological damage. “I have seen you know who it is. Get a “No Solicitation”
have cast off clothing of
clients so harmed by this crime that sign for your front door. Lastly, when it
every kind. They may be
they stop functioning socially. Outgoing comes to email, John says, “Be careful if
seen in the basement on
and active people become isolated and you click because it might be a trick.”
Friday afternoon.
afraid. It is really sad.”
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There are too many scams to count, keatingseniorsafetyconsulting@gmail.com
This evening at 7 PM there
or list in this article, but John did point
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seniors. There is the Grandparent Scam.
Church. Bring a blanket
“In this scam” he said, “a call comes in
and come prepared to sin. pickersalley.com
First and foremost, you can help
to the unsuspecting senior and the caller
protect your senior and reduce
claims to be a grandchild in trouble. The
their risk of financial abuse by
confused senior is not sure what is going
making him or her aware of the
on and gets so concerned about the socalled
grandchild they end up sending
risk of elder financial abuse.
• Avoiding isolation by staying
money to the fraudster in the form of a
involved with friends, family, and
wire transfer. This is untraceable,” states
community activities.
John, “and as long as they keep sending
• Seniors should include
the money the fraudster keeps asking.”
safeguards in their durable
Another scam comes in the form of a
powers of attorney to help secure
door-to-door solicitation. John describes
his or her assets.
it like this: “Here a couple, man and
• Refuse to engage with anyone
woman, have done their homework
who calls or comes to the door
and know the person living in the home
selling anything or looking for
is a single elderly woman. They tell the
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lady of the house they are in the area
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and fixing eaves, cleaning windows,
ensures that they go right into
whatever. The senior develops trust with
their accounts and are protected.
the fraudster and overpays for poor work
• Never give credit card, banking,
or no work. In some cases, the fraudster
or other personal information
tells the senior that they have a special
out over the phone unless your
“No Tax Deal” only to come by later and
senior loved one initiates the call.
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6 fresh chives, cut into 1/8” pieces
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2 cups brown sugar
2 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
14 oz can pumpkin
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
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Sarnia’s Kevin Allen doesn’t want to
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He also likes to see seniors eat
nutritious, affordable meals.
Driven by those two principles,
Allen has prepared a whopping 50,000
free meals in the past 18 months,
often spending 70 hours a week in
the kitchen and organizing dozens of
volunteers to deliver meals to those
who need them.
He calls his project Sarnia Blessings
and is hoping to establish it as a
registered charity that can be sustained
in the longterm.
It all began in March 2020 when
Allen cooked for a function at his
church and had a few meals left over.
“I knew some seniors who might
appreciate them and offered to
deliver,” he said.
Then he found a spare roast in his
freezer and cooked that up too, after
learning older residents were having
difficulty getting groceries during the
first pandemic lockdown. Many were
afraid to go outside.
“I found older couples, where the
wife was sick and he didn’t know
how to cook anything. I realized
there were so many people who need
good, nutritious food,” said Allen, 55,
a professional chef who has cooked
many years for a large summer camp
in Algonquin Park.
With those first meals delivered,
Allen was surprised by more requests.
Most were from family members
worried about elderly relatives
struggling through the pandemic.
Volunteers began chipping in to help
organize and the number jumped to
90 meals a week. Demand continued
to surge after the group started a
Facebook page.
“I always said this was all
backwards,” said Allen, who is
described by friends as a very humble
fellow.
“Most organizations see a need
and try to meet it. With this, I started
cooking and then uncovered a need.
“You wouldn’t believe the number
of people waiting to get into nursing
homes who shouldn’t be using a
stove.”
It was only a matter of time before
Sarnia Blessings began taking referrals
from Bluewater Health for people
going home post-surgery, and from
community organizations like the
Alzheimer’s Society.
At their busiest, Allen and his
volunteers delivered 795 free meals a
week to about 160 people. That’s five
meals per person per week.
“We were going to cut it off at 100
but just kept going when the need was
there,” he said.
Allen, his wife Jan and their team
worked tirelessly to organize it all and
started a screening process. From the
beginning, he didn’t let the food bills
worry him even though it was costing
thousands of dollars.
“I always said I’d keep cooking
as long as donations came in, and
they rolled in week after week from
churches, individuals, businesses… so
many contributed,” he said.
“I think God primed me for
something worthwhile. If I can cook
for 500 rich kids a day at summer
camp, I can do it for this.”
His church, Lighthouse Community
Church, was a big support, as were
other churches and service clubs. One
local woman made bread. Another
baked 600 muffins a week. A Canadian
Red Cross grant secured by the French
Community Centre covered food costs
for 12 weeks.
It was truly a community
effort and a labor of love for
Allen, who was recognized
by the City of Sarnia for
going “above and beyond in
response to COVID-19.”
The Sarnia Sting and
Imperial Oil honoured him
and Sarnia Blessings with an
“Extra Mile” award in the fight
against the pandemic.
But eventually the 70-hour
weeks proved to be too much.
Seven months into the
project, a case of shingles
slowed Allen. In February,
tired and short on donations,
he put the full Sarnia Blessings
program “on hold.”
Yet he didn’t stop cooking
free meals entirely. Allen and Jan have
never stopped preparing 150 meals a
week for the oldest demographic on
their roster, mostly those aged 85 and
older.
And work continues behind the
scenes to bring back the meal plan at
full capacity.
In the last few months, Sarnia
Blessings has incorporated and struck
a board of directors .
The group is working with the
new owners of Sarnia’s Central
United Church to firm up a deal for
permanent use of the commercial
kitchen there. London-based Xoana
Corporation intends to redevelop the
historic church into residential units
but Allen says Xoana representatives
are enthusiastic about donating the
building’s kitchen space.
“We’re working through a rezoning
at city hall that’s taking a while,”
Allen said.
Other community organizations
like The Inn of the Good Shepherd are
providing some of the food he needs.
“If the Inn has extra produce, for
instance, they’ll send it to me and
that’s wonderful. It ensures no food
is thrown out and that seniors who
really need it, those without family
to help them, or those who can’t
physically prepare their meals, eat
good food.
“And, trust me, I’m not doing this
alone. This is not a one man show.
It’s a team effort and 100 per cent
volunteer.
“It’s just amazing that God is
making this work.”
“I always said I’d keep
cooking as long as donations
came in, and they rolled in
week after week from churches,
individuals, businesses… so
many contributed.”
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Mr. Morkin
My wife has been a grade one or
two teacher for 30 years now and will
retire sometime soon. That’s one of
the reasons why I had to start this
magazine now… I couldn’t very well
tell her I was going to start a new
major project weeks after she
finally has the time to relax. It’s
not uncommon to meet up with
her former students, many of
whom are parents themselves
now, and hear them say how she
was their favourite teacher ever.
I don’t imagine anything warms a
teacher’s heart more than that.
I’ve had a few favourite teachers over
the years as I’m sure we all have, but the
one I think back to now was not a teacher
at all but the principal at Sacred Heart in
Port Lambton sometime around 1978.
His name is Bill Morkin. Apparently I was
a kindergarten dropout, but I learned to
love elementary school after that. The
next eight years were spent with the same
classmates. My own grade was never split
up, and while new kids came in from time
to time, I only remember one ever leaving.
In a school this size you blend in pretty
seamlessly after a while, or at least I think
you do—I never lived their experience.
I don’t remember who the principal
was before Mr. Morkin came along and
no one could compare to him afterward.
He had a kind, wise face that was fatherly
but also very confident, and very much in
charge. This was a time when patriarchs on
television would’ve been Michael Landon
on the “Little House on the Prairie,” Mr.
Cunningham on “Happy Days” or Pa
Walton on “The Waltons,” and maybe that
played a role in seeing a friendly father
figure as a leader that you could really
trust and look up to. Or maybe it was that
Robin Williams was all the craze as “Mork
from Ork” and their names were similar
in a kid-friendly way. Who knows?
The strangest thing that I ever did in
school (though there is a vast collection to
choose from) happened one day when Mr.
Morkin passed by me in the hallway and
winked at me. I was a kid and didn’t know
what that meant, so I spit on him. I have
no idea what possessed me. He calmly
called me into his office and set me back
on the right path, while I’m sure many
others would have been much harsher.
The most amazing thing about Mr.
Morkin, however, was the annual school
play. He worked tirelessly and engaged the
entire school to put on large productions
in the neighbouring parish hall including
lights, sound, set designs, singing and
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most unlikely kids in that school took part,
and played critical roles, in productions
like “A Christmas Carol,” “Oliver Twist”
and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” I was in all of
them and I loved to sing. In Oliver Twist I
won the part of the Artful Dodger and sang
the parts for Oliver as well, in an English
accent to boot, because Kenny Johnson
didn’t want to sing. I brought the accent
back out for the role of Tiny Tim, and those
first opportunities to entertain people
have never left me. I am a professional
musician and play in a band to this day. I
can’t imagine the hours that must’ve gone
into those productions, that like so many
other teachers passions, fit under the title
of extracurricular activities. Eventually Mr.
Morkin was moved to another school and
brought his leadership and his productions
to a new set of deserving students.
Many years later when my sons Ben
and Dylan were attending Holy Rosary in
Wyoming, their principal was Bill Nelson.
He brought similar productions to their
school gym and now, much older and
more experienced, I was able to help
him with some of the lighting and sound.
While working on one of the productions,
I mentioned that I had taken part in plays
like this as a child and expressed to him just
how much it meant to me and how much
I thought of my old principal Mr. Morkin.
He smiled and said he knew Bill very well,
that Bill Morkin was his mentor and the
reason he was bringing these productions
to a new generation of students. As much
as I play music for crowds, I’ve been far too
busy for far too long to find myself back on
the stage acting. Maybe one of these days
I’ll wind things down enough to rediscover
a love that was instilled in me by one of
the finest educators I’ve ever met. To the
best of my knowledge, Bill Morkin and his
wife Maureen, also an educator, are still
Lambton County residents. If you happen
to see them, please say hello, and thank
you.
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In Praise of the Cookie
By Corrina Austin, St. Thomas
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My mother used to make sugar
cookies. If she could get them out of the
oven on time, they were these melty,
sweet, buttery things. Most often, they
were as black as hockey pucks on the
bottom. The oven wasn’t very good,
and she would often get busy doing
other things and forget to take them
out. My brother and sister and I would
pinch large clumps of dough out of the
bowl when she was mixing them up.
Cookie dough… why is it always better
than the actual cookie? My mother lost
the recipe for her sugar cookies and I’ve
tried many recipes over the years, trying
to duplicate it. But, as of right now, the
search is still on.
Mom did not like to cook or bake.
It wasn’t her thing. She’d rather empty
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I baked my own fruit cake for my
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in shiny red and green paper (I was
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gift, complete with a thank you tag. I
procured my husband’s grandmother’s
Rain on the roof with a sound like singing,
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Patterned with flour and nuts and raisins,
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One like a heart and one like a star…
Rain on the roof with a sound like singing,
Mother is filling the cookie jar.
Says it all, doesn’t it?
much-guarded recipe for light fruit cake
for the occasion. We still make it every
Christmas, almost 28 years later.
I’m certainly not a fancy baker–
fondant scares the heck out of me, and
my pastry is a nightmare. I bake simply:
coffee cakes, brownies, and cookies.
Lots of cookies. My recipes for Toll
House and peanut butter cookies are
etched on my brain–I haven’t used a
recipe for them in years.
I have a friend who keeps a beautiful
glass cookie jar on her kitchen counter,
always stocked with homemade
cookies. A few weekends ago, I went
and bought one for my house, and it’s
been kept full ever since. I love this
idea. It seems old-fashioned, but I like
the idea of people coming home after a
long day and smelling cookies baking.
I know it’s very 1950’s, but it seems
like a nice way to be welcomed home.
“Hi! I made cookies today.” Now, there’s
a way to get a tired, grumpy person to
smile.
Several years ago, someone gave
me an old brown cookbook from 1948
that they’d found in the back of a
drawer somewhere, published by a local
“Friendship Group.” The cover is so
faded I can hardly make out the letters
any more. It has recipes for everything
under the sun: “Steamed Ginger
Pudding,” “Under the Sea Salad,” “Ice-
Box Rolls,” “Husband Cake,” “Bachelor
Buttons,” “Apple Pan Dowdy,” “Jellied
Tongue,” “Nobility Sauce”–even “Cold
Saccharin Pickles.” There is even a
section for household concoctions, like
“How to Fill Floor Cracks” and “Mustard
Plaster.” While I’ve never attempted
to fix things around the house or
create home remedies 1948 style, I
have tried several recipes from this
book, and they’ve all been delicious.
The “Apple Pudding” and “Seven Day
Sweet Pickles” (made in my husband’s
grandfather’s old sauerkraut crock) have
been especially successful.
My favourite part of the old brown
recipe book is near the front, before
the recipes: a quaint, reminiscent poem
called “Kitchen Chant.” I’ve googled it
many times, and I’ve never come up
with an author.
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Taking the cue from
nature, slowing down and
preparing for cooler seasons is a
great lesson for each of us.
You might find that the fall is less
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if you slow down to observe, the subtle
changing of colours will lead into
a one last flare up before becoming
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Listening to the birds as they
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relocating falling leaves to the garden
or compost from the yard, can be
enjoyed if you take the time to slow
down instead of feeling rushed to get
things done.
The things I like to do in the fall to
winter slow down are:
1) Remove all vegetation from the
veggie garden and add compost and
manure so the gardens are ready for
spring.
2) Plant seed garlic (use straw or
leaves to mulch for the winter).
3) Instead of bagging all your leaves,
mulch with your lawn mower as much
as possible to return the energy to the
lawn or gardens.
4) Put out feed for the birds
migrating and the ones moving here
for the winter - sunflower heads or
corn cobs hanging in the garden are
sure to delight the birds (or squirrels).
If you provide a reliable source of feed
and seeds, many birds will call your
garden home for the winter months.
5) Leave a ‘wild’ area in your garden
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until spring.
6) There is still time to add a few
winter interest plants to your outdoor
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ill and the project was
Puddle Duck
put on hold.
By Tammy With Kenneth took the
project to his home in
from Daytripping Sept-Oct 2021 issue Toronto, but despite his
desires, he never got
around to finishing the
project. As an adult,
Ritchie took the pieces
with the hope to someday
finish the project with his
son Gregory. The pieces
moved several times
across Southwestern
During the early months of the Covid
19 pandemic, my father in law and I
enjoyed the sun and sounds of children
playing in our backyard. During one of
our afternoon tea dates, my father in
law, Ritchie, mentioned a project he and
his father had started back in 1945 when
he was 10 years old. It was a 6 foot long
rowboat to act as a tender to his family’s
boat, the “Black Duck.” They used the
boat each summer to get to their cabin on
Georgian Bay. Kenneth, Ritchie’s father,
felt they would benefit from having a
smaller boat to act as a tender, so he
purchased a pattern from a boat building
catalogue and enlisted the help of his son
to build it. The duo took the project as far
as cutting out the pieces and creating the
frame before Kenneth’s youngest child fell
Ontario before they settled in Wyoming,
Ontario with Kenneth, his son Gregory
and his young family.
When Ritchie told me the story I knew
this was something that needed to be
completed. Ritchie was now 84 years old,
so I asked if I could lead this project to
completion. He was delighted to hear of
my interest and encouraged me to enlist
my husband and four young children as
helpers in the project.
That afternoon I had my husband
retrieve the pieces from our garage attic
and the next afternoon the seven of us
took to the back yard to make Kenneth’s
vision come to life.
As we worked our way through the
pattern we realized that we were missing
several pieces of the frame as well as all of
60 might be the new 40, but 9 pm is the new midnight.
the written directions needed to complete
the build. All we had was a couple of
diagrams and the original catalogue to
guide us. We decided that rather than
scrap the project that we would use a
more modern method of boat building
to construct it, as building another form
was something we found very daunting.
We settled on using the stitch and glue
method.
For the first few days my children
enjoyed working on the project, but as
happens with children, they became
uninterested in the project. From then on
I chose to work on the project each day
when my younger children were having
their afternoon nap. It was a slow process,
but steadily throughout the summer, I
managed to put the boat together.
Once the plywood was stitched
together, I enlisted the help of my father, a
professional fiberglasser to teach me how
to fiberglass the outside of the boat. My
father and I spent two weekends adding
layers of fiberglass and sanding the boat.
Working on this project with my father is
something that I will remember as one
of the most special moments he and I
have spent together. Once the sanding
was complete I painted the boat bright
yellow, added white gunnels with oar
locks and painted the interior white. All
that remained was the addition of a name
on the stern. Kenneth had named the
boat “Puddle Duck” when he started the
project, a name that suited her perfectly
with her bright yellow paint.
After 74 years and several trips on land,
Puddle Duck took her first voyage afloat
at the end of the summer. We gathered as
a family at A.W. Campbell Conservation
Area in Alvinston to watch her maiden
voyage. Richie said a few words in honour
of his father and christened Puddle Duck
with a splash of sparkling cider. My
husband and our son Sawyer were the
first to take a ride around the pond. I could
see the sheer delight in Ritchie’s face as
he watched his son paddle along.
I like to think Kenneth was looking
down on us that day as we paddled
along. He would have loved to see the joy
we all took in the tiny little boat he had
started as a young father. Puddle Duck
will be passed along to our children when
they become parents in the hope of her
becoming a family heirloom.
The summer of isolation was hard,
but having a project like this made it a
little more manageable. Had we not been
in lockdown, I likely would have found
distraction in other things, and maybe
Puddle Duck would have spent another
generation in pieces. It was a great
honour to be part of such an important
family legacy.
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A little girl unkindly spread,
bad rumours of a friend.
But thought about it later and
thought she should make amend.
She went to Mom and asked for help.
Some Motherly advice.
Mother listened close then said,
“That really wasn’t nice.”
“If you want to make things right again,
then take this tiny sack.
Place the seeds along the sidewalk,
to your friends house and back.”
A Lesson In Life
By Joanne vanDam, Lucknow
From Daytripping Sept-Oct 2016
“Seeds representing ‘Friendship’ that
you wanted to see grow,
until you spread those rumours.
Now, let’s see how this will go.”
The little girl walked down the street
with the tiny little sack.
Placed friendship seed along the walk
to her friends door and back.
Ran back and told her Mother,
of the work that she had done.
Then Mother said, “Now, go on back
and pick up every one.”
So, out she went, with sack in hand,
to pick up every seed and
to get her friend’s forgiveness for,
her nasty little deed.
But, her seed & friendship, all were gone.
Of them there was no trace.
And any seeds the birds had missed?
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Old Memories, New Beginnings
One last look, one last walk, I was
leaving my beloved home behind. The
last few months had been heartbreaking
and hectic. The unexpected death of my
husband of 54 years, a home invasion,
the disemboweling of sheds, the heartwrenching
disbursement of household
items, all culminating in this moment.
Goodbye cherished gardens, a home
swollen with treasured memories, a
woodland housing ten acres of native
trees, flowers and songbirds. I was in
despair, I was moving to a senior’s
community in the City of Sarnia.
One first look, one first walk, I was
strolling through my new home, all
one thousand and eighty square feet.
Everything was sterile, no memories
lingered here. Hello little yard, barren
except for the newly laid sod. Well,
helloooo huge deck. Absorbing the
sound of cars whizzing by, planes flying
overhead and the blaring of the train
whistle down the road, I closed my eyes
and longed for the peace and tranquility,
now gone, but never to be forgotten.
However, I did have one consolation
and companion —my Jack Russell terrier,
Jackson. He would also have to adapt to
By Betty Popelier, Sarnia
our new surroundings. No longer having
free reign over a vast territory, now a
leash would limit his every movement.
I must say he adjusted admirably and
seemed to enjoy peering out the living
room window every time a movement
was sensed.
The first few months were difficult
as the move was made in July, and
the hard clay ground refused to yield
to my shovel. Sadly, the little gardens
I envisioned would be postponed until
the following spring. It was going to be
a long summer.
A gazebo that my wonderful daughter
and son in law erected on the huge
deck, and a kindly neighbour, was my
salvation that first distressing year.
Many a warm, hazy afternoon was
spent basking, drink and book in hand,
under the awning of my cozy outdoor
living area. On one of those afternoons I
looked up to see a woman approaching.
She introduced herself as Maggie, a
nearby neighbour. After a friendly chat
she handed me a brochure, and this was
an introduction into a world I thought I
knew, but would be proven wrong.
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nature together by means of excursions,
presentations and preservation. That
was me, I loved nature... after all, I had
spent the last 45 years living in the
country, surrounded by 10 acres of bush.
I gave great consideration to becoming
a member, and looked forward to my
first excursion.
The initial outing was viewing the
garden of a landowner within the city
limits. There, wildflowers and shrubs,
native to our environment abounded,
defying the urban setting surrounding
them. I was momentarily transported
back to my treasured, former home.
I was also, for the very first time, to
become more attune and aware of
Mother Nature’s natural beauty.
Since joining this dedicated
organization I have grown to appreciate
and value our environment, gone on a
fungi foray where, in one small forest,
a multitude of these fungi thrive. I have
learned how to identify a leafless tree,
just by examining its bark, but also
appreciating the life and beauty emitting
from the leaves on its branches. I look
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their chorus of song, and seek them out
constantly.
Last summer I actually nurtured a
caterpillar and watched it transform into
a magnificent black swallow butterfly.
My little gardens have become a reality
and there is an area dedicated to native
flowers.
Although now living in a city, nature’s
beauty surrounds me and I am excited
to continue my exploration. There
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walkers, hikers and cyclists of all ages,
encompassing 100 kilometers within
Lambton County alone. They are
brimming with natural wonders and
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The other day a young person asked
me how I felt about being old. I was taken
aback, for I do not think of myself as old.
Upon seeing my reaction, she was
immediately embarrassed, but I explained
that it was an interesting question, and I
would ponder it, and let her know.
Old age, I decided, is a gift.
I am now, probably for the first time
in my life, the person I have always
wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I
sometime despair over my body -
the wrinkles, the baggy eyes and the
sagging butt. And often I am taken
aback by that old person that lives in
my mirror, but I don’t agonize over
those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing
friends, my wonderful life, my
loving family for less gray hair or
a flatter belly. As I’ve aged, I’ve
become more kind to myself and
less critical of myself. I’ve become
my own friend. I don’t chide myself
for eating that extra cookie, or for
not making my bed, or for buying
that silly cement gecko that I didn’t
need, but looks so avante garde on
my patio. I am entitled to overeat,
to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen
too many dear friends leave this world too
soon; before they understood the great
freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read
until 4:00 am and sleep until noon? I will
dance with myself to those wonderful
tunes of the 50’s & 60’s, and if I, at the
same time, wish to weep over a lost love,
I will. I will walk the beach in a swim suit
that is stretched over a bulging body and
will dive into the waves with abandon if I
choose to, despite the pitying glances from
the bikini set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But
there again, some of life is just as well
forgotten and I eventually remember the
important things. Sure, over the years my
heart has been broken. How can your
heart not break when you lose a loved
one, or when a child suffers, or even
when a beloved pet gets hit by a car?
But broken hearts are what give us
strength and understanding and
compassion. A heart never broken is
pristine and sterile and will never know
the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long
enough to have my hair turn gray and
to have my youthful laughs be forever
etched into deep grooves on my
face. So many have never laughed
and so many have died before their
hair could turn silver. I can say “no”
and mean it. I can say “yes” and mean
it. As you get older, it is easier to be
positive. You care less about what other
people think. I don’t question myself
anymore. I’ve even earned the right
to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being
old. It has set me free. I like the person I
have become. I am not going to live forever,
but while I am still here, I will not waste
time lamenting what could have been, or
worrying about what will be. And I shall
eat dessert every single day.
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I hated those rotten kids. Looking back,
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You see, there were just two kinds of families
and they were part of the other kind.
I grew up in the east end of London,
Ontario, in the Ealing School area, and it
wasn’t exactly what you could call a hothouse
raising. Our summer feet never knew
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city dump. No, not a sanitary landfill site,
just a plain old city dump. Needless to say,
our boyhood ways produced a fair number
of war wounds and this brings us to the
remedy.
Mv father, who referred to himself as the
Old Man and was affectionately referred
to by the same term, was tough. During
his life, he knew only two kinds of work,
- steel and construction. On my birth
certificate, dated just after the First World
War, his occupation was listed as “rougher,”
a person who, with hand tongs, fed red hot
steel through the rolls at the London Rolling
Mills. During the last half of the Twenties, he
worked construction - bricklayer, plasterer,
and carpenter. In his book, there was only
one remedy for cuts and scratches and if it
didn’t hurt, it wasn’t any good. We were an
“iodine” family.
Even the look of the iodine bottle
presented quite a spectacle. The bottle was
brown, matching the colour of its contents.
It always had a rubber cork (any other type
would dissolve) with a glass dip stick to
apply the remedy. The Old Man could never
be bothered with the dip stick. He held the
cut open with one hand, with the other he
poured a dollop from the bottle right into
the cut uttering the consoling words, “There,
kid, that ought to fix it.”
Even the label was one to remember. It
was usually well stained and pictured the
Jolly Roger above the plainly printed word
POISON. As I recall, it came in several
strengths and the Old Man always bought
the best, the large economy size that
improved with age and as it neared the
bottom of the bottle, there was no doubt
about it.
As a kid, I would have enjoyed a little
sympathy on some of those occasions, but
the summer tan mixed with a little dirt was
a matched colour for iodine and besides,
the Old Man wasn’t one to waste things.
He poured the remedy into the cut. There
was no free advertising. Sympathizers never
knew we were wounded, but we did, when
the Old Man applied the cure.
Then there were the other families. Their
kids came to school with their whole knees
painted vermillion red. They might as well
have carried signs reading “I hurt myself.”
These kids were from “mercurochrome”
families. They were usually rich kids. They
wore shoes and dressed like the kids in the
Eatons catalogue. Their families must have
been doctors or lawyers or owned a corner
grocery store. They probably owned cars
too, and had a radio at home with a loud
speaker and I hated them. I didn’t know too
much about mercurochrome. It sure looked
good and you could see it a block away.
Then it happened.
I was running down a street in a section
of better homes than ours, when I stubbed
my big toe. It was a dandy. I peeled off
most of the tread and some of the meat.
The blood started dripping and I started
to hobble home on my heel when lady
luck came to my rescue. Two nice little old
ladies from the verandah of a two-storey red
brick house took me in tow. They took me
into their kitchen and washed my foot in
warm water they got right out of the tap.
Then came the mercurochrome. I gritted
my teeth and took a firm grip on the chair.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There was no
pain and they put plenty on, even on the
outside of the bandage. I liked that. They
gave me milk and fancy cookies. We never
had either at home. The milk at home was
just for tea.
As I limped home I knew there were just
two kinds of families - “iodine” families and
“mercurochrome” families, and ours was an
“iodine” family. And the “mercurochrome”
families? I hated them, yes I hated those
kids; imagine all that sympathy and no pain.
But as I look back, I have no regrets.
You see, we had something else. We had
love and we had the Old Man, and he was
something else. He was terrific.
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