BY THE time you’re my
age, you know that every
once in a while things do
come together. Every
one of us has at some
time heard the click,
watched the pattern
climb slowly out of the
developing fluid, recog-
nized a missing link.

‘T think I've just identified
another one.

Recall the Jolly Balls, No,
no, we've not finished with
them, don't you fear, they're in
good hands and you'll be get-
ting a feport any day naw, And
not just a report, cither, you'll
be able to see for yourself,

‘And you'll appreciate that
all the hands that have joined -
together td resuscitate its
potential for happiness and fun
“are just ordinary working
hands connected to lively
minds and motivated by broth-
erly love.

_ Pretty fancy, ch? “Brotherly
love” : indeed. But it is that,’ -
really, and everybody who

- wanted to help put the machine °

_ back together agairi under-
stands the value of that com-—
modity.. cal

; . Nobody ; would dream of *
saying it out loud, but they «.

© know it’ s there, that’s all,

ts + without getting mushy

‘about! it, the lovely insanity
that Harry Burgess corralied in

- his basement is coming back to

. Vigorous life because some
People F had the time and the

THE VINTAGE YEARS.

inclination.

One of my most fertile cor-
respondents thinks there's a lot
more of that commodity still
going to waste, that “time and
inclination” stuff, and he’s
longing to sce it put to good
use,

Ray's retired from a variety
of occupations, or so I gather
from his letters, and he's
younger than Lam by a long
shot but he’s very much aware
and he's got a busy bee in his
bonnet.

In a recent letter, he refers
to a local Seniors’ group that a

_While back was surveying us

old folks with regard to our
housing and general social
needs. He says their published
report showed that a lot of
senior people sul in their own
homies need repairs of one sort

_ or another and that they are not

themselves capable of execut-

ing them and are aftaid of the
costs, Charges fust go one way
— up.

As well, some of the
respondents mentioned a lack
of companionship and socia-
bility. They felt lonely-and out
of it,

The report carried a number
to call, so he called it,

He suggested to the group
that they might think of orga-
nizing a pool of volunteers,
retired men and women with
time on their hands but with
vigor and talent for odd jobs
and what he calls “fix-up
chores.” He offered himself,
for a start, thinking of his own
store of seldom-used tools. (He
lives in an apartment.)

His other idea, which is
cqually sensible, was that a list
might be compiled af those
aione in their own homes who
have room to share, like the
woman I told you about a
week or so ago. The reasons
for having someone efse
around are many, and eminent-
ly practical, from both the
financial and sociability
aspect.

A fresh eye sees what yours
have got accustomed to, and
just think what could be done
with the garden with a few
extra muscles offered, Life
takes on a whole different
dimension when another's
taste, another's point of view,
are added to the mix,

He admits freely that such a

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