April 10, 2014

Greetings readers, I've been experiencing a bit of a writing dilemma since receiving a letter from Mr. Burr, editor of The Carillon. I've been in management and know that changes are often needed within a business but the change that is being asked of all the small community columnists just doesn't make sense to me. All the readers of The Carillon, at least the ones I know, buy it for these articles. If they want other news all they have to do is listen to the local radio station or go online. What they can't find anywhere else is the small community news and tidbits which make for every unique newspaper. The writers of these columns do not write for money but for the sheer enjoyment of contacting the locals and giving them a bit of notoriety, putting their community on the map. If this policy had been in effect a few years ago, we would not have known Renate Leitner and her extraordinary life. We followed her to her cottage every spring and them back to home in fall.  I don't intend to stop writing this column, representing the community of Rosenfeld. When I get government news overload this is what I need to balance my life. Everyday life news is what makes the world go round and keeps us sane - that is what I intend to continue writing about.

School update
Spring break wasn't very spring -like and I feel sorry for the kids. We didn't have one nice sunny day for the entire week and I was looking forward to seeing the kids running up and down the street.
April 16 & 17 - parent/teacher interviews
April 18 - no classes - Good Friday
Let's hope there are nice sunny days for the Easter weekend.

Progress report
I've been very slow getting out and visiting but that changed a bit last weekend. Dave and I drove to Mitchell and spent some quality time at Jim and Judith Schellenberg's house, eating hotdogs and drinking wine. How much better can it get? I must hasten to add that Dave stuck to drinking coffee but since I wasn't and won't be driving for a while, I did enjoy a glass or two.
I'm going to physiotherapy twice a week and it sure tires me out but I'm determined to get to the walking stage. We still have a snow-bank on the patio and by the time it has melted I'm hoping to be able to hobble out and plunk myself into a lounge chair. I know that my third leg, my balancing mechanism which is my walker. will be my assistant for quite a while butt it will be great to get outside. Now if only I could get my right hip to cooperate and lift my leg. That femur was broken at the very top and my surgeon has told me that it will take a long time to heal but it's a very difficult to use the stairs at this point. I manage to move on level ground but lifting to do any step is challenging and ends up leading to a sleepless night. I try not to use pills and them only as a last resort.