-- strawberries, Settled-for the ~

quitting” ILEY * “berries and ate about aquart .
"By. Toatke SM z "sof them in cream and‘sugar,
- My wife loathes and despises “is, lashings of tea, and hot

., the idea’ of my, tetiring some
“day. She is firmly convinced”
‘that aftera busy and useless
life, I would ‘be completely at
loose ends should I -retire,-
and would just “wither away.

want to do..
Here’s a:

day, and I leave’ you to judge, ~
‘I’m up every iiomming at the -*
crack of ninesThis may seem. .
* abit late, but i¢ stay up watsl 3” .
a.m.” watching” the - late.
movie, to make-up for it; 1
‘can't do eithér of ihese things
in the other ten months of the -
year, 801 fi iguie I’m entitled, ».:
. Carefully wash‘and shave ©
— never go downstairs witlra,.
grizzle of :heard,: ‘one of the
first signs of deterioration.
«While rm lathering | up,
skim a chapter‘of the novel
on top of the toilet tank, Not -

* asecond wasted; you'll note.

_ Thén it's downstairs, pop

- on the teakettle, fetch the:
morning paper. from between
“the doors,’ Open
‘refrigerator door: and think.
about breakfast, which: I
prepare myself. This morn-
ding, 1 was” torh. between .

-the |

> bacon and: cuss

-stoast dripping. with: ‘butter

” and peanut butter. °°

__. Judiciously read the morn.
-" Ing. paper while I*m:slidging _
~ down: the ‘grub. Again, you

"_see, not a moment or a mo: ,
And every ‘summer 1 do TY . ~~ tionwasted.. 0 s-

level besi to convince her that
her fears are unfounded, that
“IT have never been bored in
my life, that Fam a master at
_ the art of the trivial, and that ©
‘retirement would be a breeze, -
with not enough. hours in the
‘day to accomplish all the
things- I wantto-do, and
>avoid.all the’ ining | I ‘don't. By 1 am, 4

: its time for some action. ..
So it’s outside,’
” backyard, pulsing’

‘no berries, °**".:

“one quart of berries.”

"it in the heat’ F the

: —fudale the. "-Jousy
- cholesterol — “and:' fresh. heat of thieday. -
“But it's ‘great, ‘picking ber.
_ties.. Down:on. your knees j is
‘the ¢ ‘only way.to pick..It’s ear

Am. told, ‘in very. -certain

‘ terms, that the straw., berries

: were for. making jam, Shrug
it off, asking: rather: pointed-
_ly who picked’ the. ruddy.
“things, and Suggesting’that if |
‘1 make. my own breakfast, -
_the chips, ‘and the:berries,...
~ paust fall where: they.may. wos

am. re-
“convinced that po! aris are’
windbags, that’ Cahadais go-
_‘ing. to, hell.in: a: -wheelchair,
“that I don't’ Teally: care On -:
this: fine morning;:and that °

“info the. sic
Y h. life,
Vitality and strawberries, Me,
‘not.the backyard: It I5,) puls-
ing with ‘life —starlings, | long
grass,’ ‘shaggy. hee. = but .

- Mhitterinigs and ségrimina:
. tions’ about: those ‘strawber-
‘erie I stole,- from, the-nether
Regions : of. the. kfichen,: ‘where oth
” the jars are being boiled for . . buddy
* jam. For which we. are short -

So, it's a quick. look atthe. 2:
“hedge, ‘a quick firm: “decision *7
, that it would be crazy iotclips:
e day,’ and:
- off to the farm fear-town to |
Pick: another + quart: of these’

strawberries, They're - just”
there, - fat, Jussious, waiting:
10 be raped. -
Th the’! Dext Tow, there? san-
old: Gertrian' lady, at least a-
” - grandmother, ‘chirping away "
happily,’ “knees: ia the soil, ©

. hands: busy,’ mouth smeared
with juice: You decide she’s a
“dot: more: “Sympatico - ‘than,
i who's” a _ Beat. :

- ¥ouralso discover that you
forgot to put on-long, pants,”
that, shorts. are not the ideal :
wearin the: berry patch; and.
that your: knees are turning
into two ‘large boils. - .
_y Then" it's. home: with, the :

berries, and there’ sthe morn

ing "gone. “A crafty. beer. and *.

; abou wh vow an are ‘going to
"clean “upthe basement. -You
* compromise by assuring thai
"it will be thé very first day it’s ‘
too cold and wet to play golf,

-  SeGretly- hoping it-will bea.
: lonai hot summer, |-
“And” then it's off. for a!
game of: sols or. a ‘swim, or:

“TauRsar

ee MONTREAL:
‘Miracle diets are hazardous

to health, and :some- are
‘rackets, says an association

Private prac practice.)
diet that recommends
tricting calories to less.
than 800.8 day can cause
jealth problems, Hetene .
Tremblay, chairman‘ ofthe,
Association of Independent
Dietitians of Quebec, » told a.
recent news conference. °

lip Was responding’.
ubficity fora new-.500-..
pte diet" recommended .
in a book of gourmet: recipes

slimm ann

_ progr ogram and is not based on’.
panad

ol or ‘a. vide >i

: somebody" snew boat.
‘And suddenly; it's time for

a ‘cool. drink ‘under the oaks,

t dinnéri is ready
: Sha before you know it, it’s:
“TV: ime, Or. off to. the.

-movies, and late, late to bed,
warm in the knowledge that.
it’s ‘been a ‘pretty. full day,
‘and..that you have « con-
tributed absohitely: ‘nothing «.
‘to the fate of. ‘mankind or.
‘your’ own domesti¢ ‘prob-

‘Oh, there are lols of varia
ions: Don’t think it's as dull
it'sounds, Sometimes” you
© to the bank and. joshi the
‘girls,’ all of whom:seem to be
former students,: now,.mar- .
Tied: and either: pregnant or.

Sometimes you} write. r tet '
ef or. spend as much: &g:an-
our thinking about the | book _
you, didn't quite manage to -

"on miracle. diets

(GP)

dietitians -‘in. =

*, "other program that uses a
tures and subliminal.
m es to Induce. food” a
reyulsion,. + sae
‘None of these ‘ay roaches mo
has. been effec ive <in | -

> will this year-for sure.

‘asistanee of

get written last sommer, but :

- Sometimes people drop in,
ostensibly to visit oldfriends,—« :

but In reality to tell you: all : ae ee
the horrible things. that.are ||”

happening to them, rio more.”
interested .in you “than they: ta
are in the strawberry" Testival. “

. at Hayfork Centre. °

. Yes, it’s rather a good life.’ ott
_ Not exciting, perhaps, : but'l *°.-

think my -wife’s-: “concern.
about my retirement is a little *:
premature. 1 think''t~could --
hack: this fife for, perhaps,
another three of “four: “hua
‘dred years. ; nas : :

The Argyte Syndicat Li.

"The “dietitians ~ also:
condemned fasting with niet

protein, dieting. nerith :
mone. injections and an- ”

achieving ‘permanent.
weight loss, ' "said: “Miss *

‘Tremblay, ae es
The . picture-and-message ed,
system while not dangerous . - -
to health, isa. waste of...
Toney because it is adapted -*~

from. a: United’ States,
dian dietary habits, «

ap eatrictin food toa liquid se

protein supp ement can lead:

op los ot Blood” ‘Sugar; .
; - reduction in blood | pressure
_or dizziness, she: said, a

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