Follow me on my retirement adventure
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.
It is of course the company. We took a drive down to the Grand Canyon recently. There is nothing like a good road trip with a like minded travel companion, here are some shots of our stops along the way, Happy Christmas!!
According to Wikipedia:“Watercolor art dates back to the cave paintings of paleolithic Europe and has been used for manuscript illustration since at least Egyptian times, with particular prominence in the European Middle Ages.” This is a new pastime and I am grateful to a friend from my camera club, (Thank…
Greetings my people, it has been a while. We drove to the Grand Canyon and back, pictures will trickle in over the next few weeks. I am in no rush to do anything, my new, “I’ll do it when I am ready,” philosophy is working well for me. I don’t…
The artistic Statement seems to be the new catchphrase for, “write a brief introduction and a few details about your art,” without admitting to being a retired do-little. Simply put, what you create and why you create it. Okay, I am up for this, here goes! What gives me the…
I am starting to allow myself to spend my precious time appreciating the Art’s of Nothingness, drawing that no one will buy, much less look at, or I can knit a toque that no one will actually use or cook something that will make me fatter; but I am privileged to be able to idle my time with nothingness. Somewhere between having a nap and sitting on a bench enjoying a few warm Sun rays. It’s my time that has a new meaning.
