Tomorrow the Primary School in front of my house has completed new toilets and urinals for students and teachers. I thought in preparation for the official opening of them I would create a poem to celebrate this event ... so here it goes
LAUNCH OF THE TOILETS
TOILETS ARE HERE
URINALS TOO
A SPACE SET ASIDE
FOR BUSINESS BY YOU
A SHORT TIME IS TAKEN
FOR EACH VISIT TO DO
A SIGH OF RELIEF
THEN BID IT ADIEU
A donor from St. Matthews on the Mountain in Hamilton makes what she calls 'pillow case dresses'. Dresses made from pillowcases. She adds a pocket, trim and little embellishments to result in the dress being quite cute.
Two students ran to carry my bags today. I think it is a toss between to feel important to carry my bags or to experience the a/c in the office. For what ever reason here are the hands that assisted today.
Yesterday had many folks coming and going in the house. To look at the destruction, to assess the damage and to create a solution.
Carpentr came with his two young boys, equipment and know how.
Victor, Kojo and Ebineezeedr from the office
swept, wash and dusted everything.
I could hear the rain coming, winds quite gusty, closed the windows as the curtain were flying parallel to the floor. Hydro goes off, always in a storm, for how long????only the Shadow know (for those who are old enough , The Shadow was a radio mystery program with one line...THE SHADOW KNOWS.) As I am reading a hurricane type wind came and blew down my ceiling in the bedroom. I have one rechargeable flashlight. so among the bits of ceiling hanging down, I get the light and phone Victor. He comes and says 'you will need to relocate'. I will sleep in the second bedroom tonight. Phone bishop and dean. The bed and floor are covered with dirt from the crawl space. I got Victor to tip the mattress off the frame and there is some rain blowing in as well. Here in this housse, there is the roof, and then the ceiling made of thin aluminum strips like hard wood floor. It is an easy way to install a ceiling, no upkeep and only a few cross 1x2's as supports The strips are 10 to 12 feet long, look it seems so easy peasy installation. Tonight the wind blew and it came tumbling down.
so the electricity has retuned, I am in the living room hiding out from the mess and here is what it looks like. The dirt from the crawl space came for a visits well.
Across the street from my house is a primary school. The kids have taken it upon themselves to carry my bags to the office. When I pass the JK/SK those kids shoout out the window, Hello, Hello Betty. I wave back like the queen (lol). I wonder what all these kids will remember about this white woman who walked by their school every day. When I reach the office they burst in, to put my bags on the table. I thank them and tell them to learn lots today.
Unveiling of banner - each layer of cloth is auctioned off (no one keeps the cloth) so the banner is finally revealed.
You can see on the banner the group focus. Still have gender differences.
In addition to each week with up to three collections needing the service to be at least 3 hours.
