The late Kenojuak Ashevak , considered one of the pioneers of Inuit art, saw her first-ever print, Rabbit Eating Seaweed, included in the 1959 Cape Dorset collection. The early work points to the distinctive style for which the famed artist would become renown. (Historymuseum.ca) (Photo credit: CBC.ca)
The Red Fox by Kenojuak Ashevak (Photo credit: Nunatsiaq News (See Aboriginals in North America)
I apologize for not posting for a long time. There has been a change in my life, but it is not a serious change.
Here is my story. A few weeks ago, I told my doctor that my memory was playing tricks on me. Test confirmed mild cognitive impairment. I will lose my driver’s license and my precious little red Toyota.
Do not be alarmed. I was not diagnosed until the early 1990s, but I have suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME since 1976. Victims get lost in mid-sentence and don’t remember words and names. I continued working and had a successful but shorter career than I would have liked. The only difference between the old and the new diagnostic is age. I am now older. But it could simply be that moving tired me out and that taking a mortgage, at my age, was stressful. Life is not always easy.
In short, I could not work on posts for several days because I was making various arrangements that would allow me to stay home for many long years, despite mild cognitive deficiency. Ironically, destiny led me to purchase a lovely apartment in the appropriate building. It has elevators, a heated interior swimming pool, and, as I have told you in an earlier post, it is located very near a small market place that includes a post office and most of the facilities I require.
My next post is on Métis leader Gabriel Dumont and the North-West Rebellion. Métis and Amerindians were losing their land, so surveyors can cut it up into little squares while a railroad was being built that woul take citizens from sea to sea: A Mari usque ad Mare, the Canadian motto.
Canadian Confederation was very costly,
As a leader, Gabriel Dumont was second only to Louis Riel. They resisted losses brought by Canadian expansion westward. The video inserted below is a fine account of events that took Canada from sea to sea, but a post is necessary.
Gabriel Dumont (Photo credit: The Canadian Encyclopedia)
© Micheline Walker
19 April 2018
updated 20 April 2018
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Thank you David. You’re very kind.:-)
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micheline : hugs to you. ciao.
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Mille grazie Rinaldo. I think I’ll be fine. Ciao.
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Thank you Derrick,
I hope I will have a reprieve or that it is simply associated with myalgic encephalomyelitis, but it doesn’t look good. Fortunately, I am a fighter and, ironically, I live in the right environment. Moreover, I have a good family and, especially, a very devoted nephew. There may be fewer posts, but using one’s brain is essential to keeping it healthy.
My kindest regards,
Micheline
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I wish you the best you can be
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Thank you Derrick. I will fight. I am planning a résistance. Take care.
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It’s good you are able to make plans to ensure everything works out for the best.
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I thank you Gallivanta. My readers will also be dearer to me. I am attached to a faithful Gallivanta and to every one of my colleagues at WordPress.
My main wish is not to become yet another person used by doctors to conduct their research. I must undergo further tests, but I also need to continue to live life as it has been. There have been losses that I must contain. In 1991, when I was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, I was told that the damage to my brain was too extensive for me to lead a normal life. We cannot discuss my social life, because it wasn’t very rich. I had to go to bed early. But I continued to read extensively, wrote fine articles and taught. I will be fine. Love, Micheline
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Assuredly you will.
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