WE'RE ALL involuntary collectors, born that way. I don’t mean of artifacts or treasures or any tangible things at all, but of people. People we'll never forget, though maybe their names escape us temporarily. We can scroll up their faces, their voices, their mannerisms any time. They are stitched into our ‘fives, part of the scenery of childhocd and school days and ‘work and all that fife brought us after. Some of them hurt us, some of them wanted help, some needed what we had. But the best ones “aught us each some shining thing about life, and those are the ones wecherish most. Even in these ‘tailing-off years, when we’re supposed to be crouched over the past, warming ourselves on our memories, we , still are occasionally lucky enough to gather in another of the shining sort, not expecting it any more. That’s why you simply can’t let anyone, however well-meaning, persuade you fo act your age. Keep your pores open — be what you've always been, and always wanted to be. Defy ‘‘old.”’ bogey-man’s eye. Take a page out of Hilda’s book. I mzt Hilda just lately, working on that cookery commit- Spit in the tee of the Keep Well people. She’s a great example of the shining category. She takes a big armful of life and hugs it to her bosom. You feel her joy, her confidence; it's like standing next to a warm stove. You think she can never have known rejection and misun- derstanding and loneliness and anxiety. She radiates fortitude. The truth of it is, she’s had a heavy ‘rip. She’s had to do some hard travellin’, .40 years of it without the husband with whom she'd planned to be forever. But her friend God became her life’s companion, and she’s sure gave her young husband an_ instant commission as her guardian angel. Storytelling camp offered ’ A FUN and unique summer day camp experience for girls and boys ‘ aged eight through 12 is being of- fered in Lynn Valley, North Van- . couver. -::;;Once Upon a Summer Storytell- ing Camp will offer ‘a week-iong -adventure and artistic activities for young taletellers, and will focus ‘on developing imaginations, being . i unature, increasing confidence “. amd cooperation,” says Abegael -Fisher-Lang, camp co-director. Fisher-Lang is a teacher and professional storyteller who ‘also rugs Roots and Wings Storytelling - with her husband Eric Gordon. “We are weil known for our “performances and workshops,”’ said Gordon, ‘‘and we are offer- ‘img these week-long programs for “the many children who wanted to “do more of what we do when we’ ‘visit their schools. This is a great chance to develop life-long skills ‘and confidence.’’ Located next to Raindrops Rainwear ery SS | Upper South Mall Eleanor Godley THE VINTAGE YEARS dence, where she lives now, with some of her things around. her. And where for the first time’ in her life she has her. own bathroom! Feels like a movie star. She’s well into her 80's, and not + much over five feet, but she takes . her turn as monitor, and cooks and shops and coaxes her gerani- ums and herbs into useful beauty on the little balcony. She likés to - wear pink, says “It’s more forgiv- ing,”’ and twice a week attends her Bible-study classes. Mobile friends alternate in ferrying her to St. Catherine’s Anglican Church on Sundays. Her daughter calls on her fre- quently, and they share small adventures together — went to Squamish, one day lately. “‘Oh the beauty of the world,”’. said Hilda. *‘t feel blessed. God's hand is pointing the way.”” al | Cappuamo and a homemade:,\4- Clessert? |] Oncy 95 : | < 3 a | WARDS WEDNESOAY NIGHTS @ SUNDAY BRONCH . 242] ORRWE DEWE . Hest VANCOWER, Wb 8538