Now and Then
Wise Old Owl Symbolism
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Following a few days of feeling unwell and unproductive, I asked the Observer to extend my October 15 deadline for the November issue. Ever gracious, the Editor invited me to take a few days off.
Now and Then
Suffield’s Pioneer: Early and Everlasting Education
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A half- century ago, Harriet Bruce pioneered the establishing of early childhood education into Suffield’s Public Schools.
Now and Then
A Valiant Woman
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Ninety-nine-year old Sue Fuller shared a jubilant smile in the photo on her memorial program at Second Baptist Church, August 15. She also shared a jubilant message.
Now and Then
Twenty Years for the Common Good
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Hearty, heartfelt thanks, Observer, for your March page 1 surprise. How grand the honor!
Now and Then
An Educator’s Inspiration
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Thank you, Observer, for the serendipity which surprised me in your March issue. Jane Shipp’s article and the photograph “warmed the cockles of my heart.”
The warming sent me to Wikipedia to refresh my memory about cockles. Along with the mussels which Molly Malone sang out to sell on the streets of Dublin (as her mother and father had done before her), cockles was familiar as a seafood. Wikipedia offered another meaning: ventricles of the heart, the “pumping system of the heart.” One can envision the heart’s connection with ventricles and cockles. Connecting with my own heart and deeply appreciated are Jane Shipp’s kind words about my being an educator.
Now and Then
Making the Golden Years Shine
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Do we take for granted that Suffield offers low-cost housing for the aging and handicapped? If we do, we may find it hard to believe that a half-century ago a proposal for low cost housing for the elderly was dismissed.
Now and Then
Out with the Old; Out with the New?
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Entering another room, we sometimes ask, “Why did I come in here?” Usually finding an answer, we go on our way.
Now and Then
Giving Thanks and Gifts
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Giving thanks at Thanksgiving time and gifts at Christmastime, we count and share blessings. Reaching beyond unease toward peace on earth many yearn to rest, not necessarily as “merry gentlemen,” but as faithful people recalling more comfortable times. Among the blessings we count are each other. Suffield is blessed to be cared about by hundreds of “each others”. We call them volunteers. They serve and care for us in countless ways.