SOME THINGS ARE BEST LEFT IN THE PAST

This was a quote from from a recent Toronto (Daily) Star

article about something that must annoyed one of its writers.

It gives you reason to nod one's head thinking how

right it is.

I was sent off to private school the year I hit grade nine.

Living there twenty-four seven It was in Oakville. It

turned out my father had taught there six months when

he was a young clergyman and didn't have much money.

I have no idea what he taught but it wouldn't have been

religion. It wasn't part of the school's curriculum.

He had a good sense of humor.

He was a chaplain (minister) in World War two, Canadian

Second Division stationed in London during the latter one .

He never talked much it if at all about either of them

Nor did I ever see notes or notebooks of his for that matter.

Author's comment: Which is interesting in a way. I've kept

notes in notebooks for heaven only knows how long. And I'm still doing it.. Meaning I don't leave everything in the past.

That's the writer in me.