Prairie Dog Blog

Thanks to Mattieu, our adopted French son, for his comments on the last blog. So sorry that Gary and Carolyn are experiencing such a cold time down in Texas - you'll just have to snuggle to keep warm! Happy Birthday to Lyn. I hope Charlene sends me the URL of her new blogsite and BTW, I am getting emails bounced back from you Charlene, so how about sending the new email address?

I have been trying to keep busy - less time for sadness - and for the most part it is working. I went to see The Queen (no, not the real person, the movie) on Tuesday, substituted all day Wed. and Thurs. Friday I picked up Mother and she came for the weekend at my house. I sold at an Afrique 2007 craft sale on Saturday(the students have now raised $150 000.00 (!!!!) for the village of MBour in Africa and are preparing for their trip to Senegal on Jan. 26 - Bon Voyage!) Then I went to a Winter Solstice Party with my humanist friends. We played Cranium and had a good time.

Tonight I go to J and A's house for dinner and tomorrow I pack and take Suzie to Uncle Paul and Auntie Pat's. On Tuesday I fly to Vancouver, so only two more sleeps!
I am so looking forward to the trip and seeing everyone, daughter, son-in-law, sisters, friends, nieces and nephew. It's a rehearsal for my move to Vancouver.

I might blog while in Victoria. Happy Holidays to all. Love, hugs and kisses to everyone.

I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, "Identity Crisis," M*A*S*H
Snuggling, The Queen, Senegal Africa

Hi all in blogland. I have been looking at the last three blog entries written by the Prairie Dog himself. They seem to represent so much of what was good about him. The one on December 1, 2005 was a humorous piece he got from someone. It's good for a chuckle. Then, on December 2 he pleaded with Gary not to change his travel plans. This was his kindness and consideration for others. In his last blog he thanked some people for phoning him to wish him well and expressed his hope that he would soon be back volunteering at the Western Canada Aviation Museum. And the doggie cartoon is just so typical of his sense of humour. If you can stand it, read them again.

I still miss him every waking minute. Margot and I have not decided what we will do to mark the first anniversary of his death on December 16, but I'm sure we will think of something.

Kiss your loved ones tonight and tell them how much you love them.

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!
~William Shakespeare, "Sonnet XCVII"
Prairie Dog Redux