Speaking of putting things in perspective…

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Wyzwmn
I’ve just come home from a memorail
for yet another rider
John “Red Dog” Farmere
this man was the heart and soul of the
Luxton IronHorse MC Rally for 6 years
I chaired the Ride for Sight in BC for 4 years
and he and I met as we (the Ride for Sight)
partnered with them for a couple of years….

When the RFS had to leave Luxton
(not a decision I made but a corporate one)
Red made the decision to close the IronHorse
and I took a lot of heat
from riders I didn’t even know
saying if I’d have stayed with Luxton
there would still be both and IronHorse
and a RFS in BC.

I felt guilty about it cos in my heart
I thought maybe it was true
I got a call from Red one day
just to tell me that he’d heard
I was taking some heat
and he wanted me to know
that the decision to fold
had nothing to do with me
that it might in fact have something to do
with the RFS pulling out
but not me as a person.
today I was struck yet again
by the sadness of another family
lossing someone too soon.

FARMERE, JOHN Monday, 12 Feb 2007


JOHN FARMERE (Red Dog) 1946 to 2007 Red, beloved spouse, father, grandfather passed peacefully February 12th, 2007 at the young age of 60. Red is survived by his loving family, daughter, Tara, grandchildren, Karli, Nicholas, and loving spouse, Karen and her children, Len, Jennifer, and their families. Red Dog will be greatly missed by his large extended family and many friends. “RIDE WITH THE WIND” A celebration of Red’s life will be held at Luxton Hall, Langford, Sunday, February 25th at 2pm.

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did ya ever?

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Wyzwmn

did ya ever wonder
about what it is
that makes you loveable?

and transversely
unloveable?

one would think that a single woman
of my age and stature
would

funnily enough I don’t often

but there are times….

tonight I watched the movie
“I walk the line”
the Johnny Cash – June Carter love story

I don’t normally go “in” for the love stories
and I’ve never been a real Carter and Cash fan

I was suprised to find out that I knew the words
to most of the songs in the sound track

I was surprised to see what a junkie he was
and how he travelled the road to hell and back

I guess I must have known about it
but I don’t cognizantly remember it
and in the end – I was surprised at the level
of “love story” it was

Johnny fell in love with June
likely before they even met
and spent his whole life prior to actually marrying her
in love and desperate to be with her

in spite of both of their previous marriages
and his addiction
when they married
they stayed committed to each other

they were married for 35 years
June Carter died in May of 2003
and Johnny died 4 mths later
almost like he didn’t care to live without her

it made me wonder what it was
that made them love each other
thru thick and thin
all their lives

was it chemistry?
was it genetic?
was it esoteric?
was it spiritual?
was it mystical?
compatability?
camaraderie?
adulation?
tenderness?
hot monkey sex?

what?
what key ingredient was it
that made it “necessary” to each of them
to make them love each other?

what key ingredient was it
that made it “necessary” for them
to be with each other?

what was it that they had about them
that I apparenlty don’t have?

sometimes I wonder
is all

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