CONTENTS

Dedication          (7)

Happiness is a Journey           12

Prolegomenon   14

(pics)    15

Acknowledgments                                         12                                     

Introduction        16

Car Pics                                                          23

My Love Affairs . . . With Cars19

Photo (Poem by Kev Millikin) 29

(pics)    25

The Early Years         30

Escher (pic)                                                     32

School Daze       40

Pictures (Kev)                                                 41

My First University     45

Working In The Mental Hospital     50

(pics - photo story)                                          52

My Life In North Battleford54

Death By Division (Poem)       59

Graduation And Off To Swan River60

Faculty Of Education At UBC 68

Flin Flon (pics)                                                 69 Mining In Flin Flon      72

Northern lights (pic)                                         73

Life As A Meteorologist    76

Cranberry Portage    82

Keyboard & Static Electricity                         86

Thirty-Five Years Teaching In Portage  91

Castle (pics)                                                   93

There Is Life Outside School   99

Strike (pic)                                                       93

Other University Experiences110

TR3 Through The Decades (pics)               115

Some Counseling Events       118

Baby (pics)                                                     121

Joe . . . My 17 Year Counseling Session    122

TR3 Renovations (pics)                                 126  Guardian Angels And Unusual Things 127

Postscript                        134

Coat of Arms                                                  135

About The Author            136

The Golden Rule      139

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