Scene: Outside the Latin classroom, 2:20 pm, after class. Both characters carrying books. John is a 72-year old man with white hair and a red jacket, who generally has a cynical but happy twinkle in his eyes. He speaks with a British accent. He moves slowly, but fast for his age. Leah is a 20-year-old woman, a coat over one arm, slightly dirty hair and quirky glasses, a bright pink shirt layered over a purple one. She is friendly, demonstrating her friendship with John.
Leah: Well, John, how's life treating you?
John [with bemused chuckle]: Not often enough!
Ed. note: John has returned to formal education after a life-long career spanning turns as a hospital administrator, bus driver, and devoted husband, father and grandfather. After beating cancer, he decided what he wanted to do was return to school and study philosophy, Latin and history. He takes razzing from us younger "Latinites" whenever the word "senex" comes up in a translation, but he usually beats us all in both wit and wisdom.
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I'm a 27 year old Canadian woman. I grew up on Cape Breton Island, although my parents and their families are from Quebec and Ohio. Currently I live in Cape Breton, in a small town by the Bras D'Or Lake.
I can make a good soup and tie my own shoes. I've worked as a nanny, a potter's assistant, a shop clerk, and a janitor. I've also worked in a library, and taught computers to seniors. I've travelled to Australia and New Zealand and across Canada by train. I spent two and a half years in university before I left. I like the way the air smells in the Fall.
Since 2002 - this is my blog, a place for me to write about life, what I experience, to share my photography and my writing. I'm glad you're here!
I can make a good soup and tie my own shoes. I've worked as a nanny, a potter's assistant, a shop clerk, and a janitor. I've also worked in a library, and taught computers to seniors. I've travelled to Australia and New Zealand and across Canada by train. I spent two and a half years in university before I left. I like the way the air smells in the Fall.
Since 2002 - this is my blog, a place for me to write about life, what I experience, to share my photography and my writing. I'm glad you're here!
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