![We are still a world of stories,
symbols, dreams and music in the night - Anonymous
For Joe
who never met a listener he didn't like
For Joe
who has gone today
from teller to subject of many stories
Though no one will tell them half so well](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/For-Joe-copy.jpg?resize=600%2C600)
Family reunion wrapped up. Missing Joe telling fish stories in heaven
Family reunion wrapped up. Missing Joe telling fish stories in heaven
The one room schoolhouse north of Courval, Saskatchewan
attended by the author’s father and the author as well
Author’s mother with her siblings circa 1925