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Orono Weekly Timies, Wednesday, November 27, 19t;5-7. Display plaques at Orono Crat Show Clarke Township Museum' This week marks the end of our first year being open eighit months; we will be clos- ed after Saturday, Novemrber 3th. We wîll stili be open for researchers and school groups, however; contact us at 983-9243 (yes, we DO have a phone) or 786-2955. By and large, it lias been a mnost successful year, and Rmeport with a few adjustments we should do even better next year. The major change of moving to Kirby, and mioving the storage to Orono wý,ould not have been possible without our workshop volunteers, so a big thanks to Royal Lee, Clair Chapmnan, Derek Barnett, Clare Martin, Ray Dickson and Dean Westbrook, for ail their back-breaking work, and for turning my plans for the ex- hibit layout at Kirby into a »'onderful reality. There xas only one short, sharp argu- ment - which Roy Forrester mnissed by five minutes - not too bad, considering ail the difficulties we ran into. In passing, however, 1 must note that mnen do have a terrible Way of referring tIo problemn objects as 'she', and 'her'. Have youI noticed that? You are invited to the Darlene West and daughter Melissa of Pontypool displayed for sale silk flowers and wood crafts and a com- NADINE STAIRS--OLDER AND WISER 1 came across a rather in- teresting article the other day with very few words and loads of meaning. Thisarticle was written by an 87 year young woman who reflected back on her life. ;I had to digest each word carefully, mulling over the message that she was trying to say. Every once in a while 1 would stop and reflect on mny own lîfe s0 far. She talks about life if she had the chance to live it again. She talksabout spen- ding too much time being afraid of livipg life, afraid of speaking out, voi ing her opi-' nions and too much worried about what the neighbours, would think. She mentions about not taking enough chances or taking time out to simply relax, unwind. She mentions about taking life al too seriously, too straight lac- ed and neyer running barefoot in the rain climbing mountains or unleashing the pent-up spirit inside. She refers to lier life as being too sane, neyer out of the norm and neyer dared to divulge in ',olous fancies but instead ,.ays restraining herself in that conservative role she set since way back when. She reports on not having bination of the two at the re- The crafts of Mrs. West are cent Orono Craft Show held now carried at Reflections in in the Orono Town Hall. Orono. had enougli fun, of neyer let- ting that bubbling freedom surface but having to squelch it to the recesses of her mind. In'short she, lived a normal straight, life pleasing others but neyer daring to please herseif because society ex- pects a certain role. NoWý_that lier life was nearly over, she had many regrets. The littie blurp was short and straight to the point. In her mnd it eased a life-long burden by finally openly ad-, mitting what she so long had denied. For us readers, it teaches a lesson, a good lesson. Life is here only for a shcirt whle. None of us know when that "while" is up. Unfor- tunately we think of tomor- row as being eternity when in reality tomorrow may neyer come. We forget to take time for observing the little things around us opting instead to dlean house, do dishes or run the washing machine one more time. We set standards for ourselves sometimes too high to reacli and shunning aside more and more the everyday essence of living. The dear elderly lady passed on a warning. How can we laugh when we are old if we didn't have time to learn laughter when we were young? How can we ap- preciate a small child, the beauty of a bir'l or the peace of music when we constantly denied that pleasure to ourselves promising to do it tomorrow. How do you remember the way your son came over the finish line first when you weren't there to see him do it? How do you teach your children peace, har- mony, and to appreciate every living minute when you didn't have it yourself. And. best of ail, how do you erase hindsight when it comes foremost more and more. Humour and laughter is like the icing on a cake. It's what's needed in everiday living. Unfortunately we al seem to possess a set of blinders, frustration, anger and the need ýto get ahead overuns humolur which gets lost somewhere along the way. We always talk about changing that hectic lifestyle but talk is cheap, crawling out of a rut is an effort. And then just lîke Nadine Stair, one day we'll reflect on life, wishing what we didn't do, we could have, what we suppressed we shouldn't have and what we feel we should, have let surface. Only by then it's too late. THE LIGHTING 0FCHITA rDOWNTOWN ORONO Thursday, November 28 Carolling by Orono Public Sohool and the Orono Guides and Brownies (6:45 on) Downtown Busînesses Otterîng- STORE-WIDE r0%uDISCOUNT S " XOn Cash Sales OnIy from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.) Participating Stores: "CORNISH'S RED & WHITE NOT JUST FASHIONS (Exoept on Speciais) APPLE BLOSSOM SHOP VILLAGE BAKE SHOP STUTS PHARMACY (Except Cigarettes, Prescriptions) MOM'S KITCHEN ORONO ELECTRIC HAIR WITH FLARE THE VILLAGE BIN J'ME FASHIONS ROLPH HARDWARE (Except Specials> PARTNER PLUMBING-HEATING DEB'S FABRIOS & FASHIONS' WALLACE AUTO SUPPLY REFLECTIONS And at 8:-45 FREE Town Hall Christma's Cabaret Three musical groups wilI play for your entertainment While hot cider and cookies are served. EVERYONE IS WELCOME 1'For Richer For Poorer VIKI BATES