Yesterday I met Sarah with kids and Sybil at the Glenbow museum at ten am. We spent about two hours first at the 2nd and the 3rd floors. I had not seen the third floor’s reconstructed western history exhibit. The new version - years old now - is much more engaging and allots women a more prominent role in the west’s history as we newcomers see that.

In contrast the second floor had the Monkman exhibit with its confronting images titled 'Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience'

In contrast the second floor had the Monkman exhibit with its confronting images titled “Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience“. In Monkman’s works bears represent white-men taking advantage “fu*king” of the resident and vulnerable native population and cultural rules. The second floor - always with special exhibits - also ‘celebrated’ the canoe which is indeed an amazing design light - birch bark - and resilient, much like the native people and their culture.

At twelve we went our ways and I said good bye to Sarah’s Mam Sybil who is returning home with Ruedie today. He was helping BJ with some chores around the house. My friendship with Sarah and BJ started so incidentally years ago with their wedding celebration across the hall from me and has became more connected ever since. Quite amazing and to be celebrated.

Last night from 7:30 to 9:30 I ‘attacked’ the piles that had been present on my card table, reminding me for almost a year to get going on my sorting and cleaning up. Not only sorting but also finalizing and bringing to a close all these accumulations since my return from my Dutch sojourn that lasted from 1999 to 2003.

In order to make this process bear fruit I will enter my daily entries three time a week and suspend with the 'Writings'

These piles consist of hand written notes, talk records, printed out Daily Entries and various attempts a essays relating to my forming conviction. That formation process has now come to an end and the formulation has begun. So now I know what to keep and what not. And at eighty one (81) years of age it is clear that this will have to be my final formulation of my convictions. So, I wish myself luck, resilience, persistence and motivation. In order to make this process bear fruit I will enter my daily entries' 'Dairy' section no more than three times a week and suspend with the “Writings”.

I will be needing time and effort to do my sorting and formulations to compose my ‘Belief Framework’. I aim to use this formulation to bring focus to my many various writings, which are based on my accumulated experience and studies at this time in my life, now itself too in its completion stage!
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