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WHITBY FREE PRESS,. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986, PAGE 5 "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson Advise and.. Dissen Lottie Wyonch of Sunnybrook Farn is a legend on the Bruce Penînsula. She's now in her 89th year. lier face is very beautiful. Eyes as blue as the nearby waters of Georgian Bay. When she smiles her face is etched with the wisdom of a woman who bias ived close to the land for years amid the breathtaking grandeur of the country surroun- ding the village of Tobermory on tbe tip of the Bruce. To Lottie, age is just a number. She works about the way she always did. She throws bales Of hay around like a kid. She tilis the rocky soit her father tiled well over a century ago. Four of ber eleven children work with ber. The oldeat is 68, the youngest 49. They'live on the oldest and largest farm on the Bruce. And they live simply. They bave 1,000 acres, work about 400of them. Tbe rest is woodlot. Their income is mostly from cattie and sheep. They live off the land, and unlike most farmers these days, they don't owe a penny! Wben we arrived, David was operating the family's portable sawmil, Cora was working in the vegetable garden, and Marina, the youngest, was caring for a newborn lamb. They took time off to bave a cup of tea with us in their farmbouse kitchen. It's the sort of kit- chen you'd expect them to have - comfortably cluttered, with a woodstove in the corner. They're casual people. They don't -rush around. Tbey laugh a lot and their serenity shines througb. Lottie rocked gently in ber favorite chair, smiling and saying very littie as we asked q uestions about tbe farm, their lifestyle and how tey managed to survive s0 well when many other farmers are losing their land. When Lottie did speak, everybody listened. "We don't buy anything unless we have the cash for it," sbe said. "And we work hard. People have forgotten that hard work goes band in hand with farming. " She went on to say that farming on the Bruce has its own set of rules. The number of rocks make ploughing difficuit, and the hiIIy terrain has kept more than one generation of Wyonchs on their toes whether driving tractors or horses. "'You learn patience up here," said Lottie. "You have to play along with the land. You don't fight the Niagara Escarpment. It isn't going to move." The children obviously love and respect their mother. And they're proud of ber ability to do more than ber share of chores around the farm. "We've learned everything we know about farming and living from ber, " said Marina. "And as long as she's with us we'll stili be lear- ning." MIKE KNELL IRETURNS NEXT WEEK WITH OUR FEET tEP By Bill Swan JuIy, complete wlth its humidity, ia a good time to avoid heavy thought. Even medium thlnklng bas been known to overheat the clrculatory system - lilce overheating in a car - and turn the average brain in- to a gallon of meited ice cream. Thus, in the interests of public safety, this column la devoted to a few light fluffy scoops. For those who are philosophical of mind, a pret- zel: A grown aduit provides primary care for a one- year old infant. The sex of the infant Isimmaterlal. The grown aduit la, oh say for the sake of argument, a 47-year-oid male. Given that one-year old Infants are ambulatory. (And fastl You neyer thought people who couidn't walk could motor like thati) These creatures, ln their natural habitat, also exiibit a curlosity whlch In any aduit wouldiland them in jail. Got the pîcture? A methodical, fit, absent-mlnded maie up against a quick, curlous one-year-oid child who might hap- pen to befemale. The probiem: scatologicalint nature. Whlch la the $50 way of saylng, "How does this 47- year-oid maie manage simple toilet functions?"1 Keeplng i mid, of course, the curiosity of one- year-oli. One research assistant reports locking hiroseif in the bathroom. This presents severai difficulties.* How does one watch an infant through a door with no window? Another dlaims to Ieaving the door open. This i certain cases lead to an intricate baIancing act, in whlch the older person stands on one foot and fends the younger person off with the otherfoot. The infant is faster than the foot. I have spent hours of research reading parent magazines and Good Housekeeplng and Canadian Living. I have discovered how to redo the lauadry room, do a souffle, mlcrowave trout and rid the shower curtain of mildew. But not one lune about bathroom breaks during in- fant care. When carlng for Infants, one encounters many, young parents. During the day, these are usually young mothers - walklag the parks, in the super- market, ia the drug store. I often strike up conversations. Often 1Iwaste littie time and ask the block buster: 1"How do you mnanage to go to the bathroom?" Those who know me, laugh.. Those who don!t look at me strangely and put the stroller ireverse. At best they look at me as though it laJuly and my air-cooled englne bas overheated and cracked the block. 1 neyer get to ask the ultimate question: how do you store and use 150feet of tollet paper that the in- tellectual drive of aone-year-old bas uncoiled on the bathroom floor? While We are deeply lmmersed I subject matters of dubious taste; and since as we sald at the begin- niag Il la July and the mind sblrks ail thought; and since this sentence begins to sound as'though a lawyer wrote It; therefore let us continue wlth a few minor pieces of graffiti gathered overtâme. My favorite for the past few weeks has been one wrltten on the planka of a bicycle path bridge near my home. This week, a parka crew came by and painted over It. Before any of us forget, let us give the works some form of permanence: HEAVY MEDAL RULES Love Satineor cie. The licence plate on a pink Corvette: AHHHH. On a volkswagen: MOM BUG. My favorite comes fromn a wa shroom la a nearby community college noted for otherwlse pristine premises. One first bas to have some image of government purcbasing agents. For those who wonder, Jet me assure you that no purchasing agent ever wasted taxpayers' money on super-soft toilet tissue. Which brings us to the closing graffiti. The college washroom, remember? A closed stall. A dispenser, with two outlets. Some witbhad labelled the first dispenser: S0Fr. The next dispenser was labelled: SOFTER. "i 1 1 1