I attended the annual “take back the night march” last evening. First time I have attended, thought I should support my wife and all other women.
Only 16 souls took the time to participate in what I consider an important event, more on that later. We meet outside Moravian church, walked around the central part of town down to the woman’s shelter. We lit up candles and had a minutes silence followed by two short speeches.
Short but fulfilling.
Our poppies suffered some frost bite yesterday morning, down to -3 at the house overnight. Surprisingly most of them perked up once the sun hit them and looked quite sprightly later in the day. Sort of reminds one of what a lot of women go through.
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A while back, I read through all the submissions of the Royal Commission on Labrador in the early 1970s, chaired by Don Snowdon. Quite a few were from North Coast women talking about cruel treatment at the hands of their husbands. It's been going on a long time and it needs to get better. Here's hoping the Nipavut group keeps going.
Nipavut not looking very strong I’m afraid, only one from them last night, the organizer, who is quitting the group through frustrations of no support from places that should be supporting, you know her as Miss Murphy. Mrs. Williams has offered to help out with the numbers left the best way she can.
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