HARVEST FESTIVAL

Condos are interesting places and I feel lucky to have bought into
an especially nice one. We get together half a dozen times a year for
a banquet put together by volunteers. My next door neighbor had many
stories to tell about her prairie life when we went for a walk. She is
featured in my Sayings of the Sages Blog of August 24th. All who buy into our condo have to be over age 50 years. Each year we have a meeting for all owners and when Betty, our strata president, offers the chair to someone else, we all remain silent. She spends her days working for a law firm and does a great job for us also. Entertainment is supplied by some of our group. Betty usually has some jokes for us. Don, Jake, Heidi and Sebastain add their great music at times. I'm expected to give a poem. Here is the one for Saturday's harvest banquet.

Here at the Regency we feel, We're like a family,
Brothers, sisters, caring hearts, Like old days used to be,
Our private home just like the young, We've added a few years,
But with our newer nearby friends, We need not have a fear.
And if some band-aid help we need, It's like in days of old,
New friends will make a call for help, Better far than gold.
Special times and holidays, To Connie we all turn,
We've named before this banquet help, And from them we all learn.

With children far away we find, These good folks lend a hand,
Together like a family, The baking - cooking band.
When Christmas comes and calls for snow, With shovels men appear,
Help keep us safe on icy days, Great guys - the family here.
If you should ask - is there more, I think you will agree ,
Grab a pen and write some words, For posterity.
A quote left by an ancient sage, A motto tucked in time,
The dictionary gives the words, And paper gives the lines.

My parents often quoted words, From an ancient sage,
That cheered us and would urge us on, On sad or worried days.
The alphabet gives letters all - So borrow what you need.
That children will remember, And make it their own creed.
My father's favorite quote:
"Heights that great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night."