> Hi Ed, > The 'bums' in John Steinbeck's novels (eg. "Cannery Row") could teach > us a lot about what it means to be human. > > Take care, > Brian
Yes, indeed. From when I was very young, I recall people sitting on top of freight trains. It was the Great Depression. My father rode the rods to get from rural Saskatchewan, where there was no work, to Alberta, where he worked as a farm hand and bronco buster (about which I was very proud!). Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian McAndrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Local living economies > At 6:09 AM -0400 6/11/03, Ed Weick wrote: > >In the communities of rural western Canada where I did some of my > >growing up it was always understood that one kid would get the farm > >and the rest would have to move out to the city to become > >professionals and entrepreneurs, or perhaps bums. > > Hi Ed, > The 'bums' in John Steinbeck's novels (eg. "Cannery Row") could teach > us a lot about what it means to be human. > > Take care, > Brian > -- > ************************************************** > * Brian McAndrews, Practicum Coordinator * > * Faculty of Education, Queen's University * > * Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 * > * FAX:(613) 533-6596 Phone (613) 533-6000x74937* > * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * "Education is not the filling of a pail, * > * but the lighting of a fire. * > * W.B.Yeats * > * * > ************************************************** > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
