Monday

Today is going to be a "Conrack" day.  Years ago, I saw a movie about a young white man who gets a teaching assignment to a school on an island off the coast of South Carolina, populated entirely by blacks.  He teaches the children about geography and math, how to brush their teeth, to appreciate classical music, how to swim, and even takes them off the island to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Of course I can't find the movie, but I bought the Kindle edition of the book "The Water is Wide". Then I discovered the movie has been uploaded to You Tube. 

The author of the book is Pat Conway and is based on his memoirs. I've never read any of his writing, but have heard of him.

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Another picture from January, 2010.  Barrie is demonstrating how NOT to drive a pickup and horse trailer down a slick hill.