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Author: deethorson

I learned to work my first computer in 1977, it was a Radio Shack TRS-80, the hot CoCo as it was known. Instead of a hard drive, it had a cassette drive and I would copy code from the Hot CoCo magazine to create fascinating projects like the game of Stock Ticker, which I would sit up all night and play. I should have put in more effort, I should have tried…, I should have learned…, I should have?

I have spent the bulk of my life using computers, I did work in a sawmill, flipped burgers, sorted magazines, cut glass, and worked security among other things. I spent the bulk of my time working in a government-style setting, Bankruptcy, Fisheries, RCMP to mention a few. My final Government job was with Health Canada working with a team of 15 or more people (I never did meet everyone), delivering a number of different healthcare-related services. My last duty with Health Canada was working for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission taking statements and manning the Mental Health Services booth.

On the following Monday, I would go to my final job at the newly created First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). I wanted to be able to finally make a difference, to be meaningful. Leonard George, a former chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, adopted the few of us from Health Canada who came to work at FNHA into the Wolf Clan.

During my time with FNHA I worked almost exclusively within the Indian Residential School survivors’ mental health programs. It is impossible to calculate the damage caused by the Residential Schools in Canada and I am sure I will return to this topic many times. Now that I have passed my torch to my coworkers, it is time for me to move on and let the good work of the FNHA evolve and continue the healing tradition.

Soul Food

We all have that inner demon that longs to be fed a meal that will comfort the raging soul.  We all need that, not always good for the health, but great for the soul food, not to mention the mental health blessings that accompany the libatious delight. Some desire ice…

The Night Club

Blues on Halstad located across the street and up a bit from the Kingston Mines, in the city of Chicago IL.  It has been closed now for a few years, but when it was open, it had Magic.  What is the magic, well: Two gentle souls from New West hope…

Words

There are about 1,000,000 wordsIn the English Language that I speakAnd I don’t know them all And at very bestOnly 100,000 in FrenchAnd I am not familiar with most The German Language has 5,300,000 wordsFar more then I had thoughtThey seem to speak a lot 93,000 thousand wordsIs the best…

Voice Across Time

Below is a photographOf the oldest intentional drawing or scratchMade by a humanTwo hundred thousand plusYears agoAnd I wonder, was it artA message to othersOr a symbol of religious significance? I will most likelyNever know what it isOr who or what created itSince it is older thanModern humansAre thought to…