Found this on the Internet...

Moose meat was one of the only options for fresh red meat

Here is Mom, cutting up a haunch of Moose meat.

Is "Haunch" the right word?

I have had Moose meat myself, when my Uncle Christian shot a moose in Maine when I was in the third grade. I took moose meat sandwiches to school, and was quite popular. A bit stringy, as I recall, though admitedly, my memory is a bit clouded from third grade.

Dad helping to put a new motor in the airplane

In the late 50's and early 60's, when my folks lived in Northern Ontario, they had two options to get in and out... by plane for an hour or two, or by canoe for a couple of weeks.

Plane was the more popular option.

Jimmy L. was a popular local bush pilot, who later died in a plane accident.

But it seems to be in plentiful supply...

Here is a photo of my Mom, a few months before she got married, up in Northern Ontario. The title of the photo is, "Saving Ice".

Though it does seem to be in plentiful supply.

(And yes, I do know what that really means.)

(And yes, I think that is a moose hide coat she took off to do the aforementioned ice saving).

The "Hot Shot Amishman"

OK...so in the run up to a little celebration we will have for my folks this coming weekend, I hope to post a few pictures.

When my Mom first met my Dad (they were both in Canada at the time) in the late 1950's, her first impression is that he was a "Hot Shot Amishman".

Hmmmm, doesn't look very Amish in this photo.

Miriam is back home again...

Miriam spent one night in the Hospital. Turns out somebody probably "over-read" an X-Ray. A repeat X-Ray was normal, but took a day to get a repeat X-Ray.

So no, she does not have active TB. Just a positive PPD.

All in all, a mildy frustrating weekend. I think somebody heard the word, "India" associated with her, and assumed the worst. Didn't bother to actually ask any questions or do an exam. When those things actually happened, turns out she is fine.

I have been doing some thinking about Physicians and Health Care in America...how do computers affect the Doctor-Patient relationship, how has Managed Care forced Physicians to worry more about numbers than their patients, how has the fear of lawsuits caused Physicians to act in untoward manners??? and so on.

If I can ever get something coherent written down, I shall try and post part of it here also. Love to hear any stories you all have had about the changing experience of seeing a Physician in America.

Remember Miriam tonight...

Miriam will be spending the night in the Hospital tonight (Minneapolis Children's Hosptital).

She had a Positive PPD (the test to see if you have been significantly exposed to Tuberculosis) last week, and so had a Chest X-Ray to see if she has Tuberculosis in her lungs).

The Chest X-Ray showed no active Tuberculosis.

But then one guy said, "Well, maybe there is a little scar there." And then someone else said, "Well, I don't know about the scarring, but maybe her lymph nodes are enlarged." But it wasn't real clear.

So she will spend the night in the Hospital, so that they can take samples from her stomach first thing tomorrow morning, to look for TB there. It is not clear to me what they will decide to do if there is not TB there.

Anyways, think about Miriam. The look on her face when she hears things, and the resignation mixed with resolution that she shows in her shoulders is unforgettable. She is my brave little trooper.