Iditarod Northern Route

Who will win? On to Nome in the far North of Alaska.

A; What did you do before you came to this place?

B: Well I’ve been retired some 30 years. It’s hard to remember what I did before that. But I guess I worked in agriculture – you know crops and stuff – in California.

A: Oh you were an Agricultural Economist?

B: Nah, not that psha. I worked with fruits and vegetables, things like that.

A: thinking …..hm I used to teach Agricultural Economics at the University of the South Pacific in Suva Fiji…….THAT was a long time go. And I knew zilch about agriculture – my fields were International Trade and Economic Development. But I could talk with with you about fruits and vegetables in Kenya.

B. I wish I had better eyesight.

A. (Lost in thought)

Early on in the years we lived in Dublin we went to a small event where Jack Lynch was the featured speaker. I didn’t have a clue as to why this man was so important. But I was urged by my husband to shake hands with the man, Jack Lynch. Now in later years I read the Encyclopedia entry for Jack Mary Lynch, a very significant figure in Irish politics – for one, he served as Taoischeach, equivalent to Prime Minister in the United Kingdom or President in the United States. In 1969 when my husband and I listened to Jack Lynch, the Taoiseach, speak in a relatively small meeting room it was just before the “troubles” really flared up in Northern Ireland. Jack Mary Lynch, 1917-1999. Famous Sportsman, Politician. From Cork Ireland. In retrospect I wish I had shaken hands with the famous man but at the time I was too shy.