The Men Who Carve In Stone

Remembering Rankin cd cover

By Jim Hagarty
This is another memorable original song from my friend and fellow singer-songwriter Ted Schinbein who produced a CD entitled Remembering Rankin full of songs dedicated to his years living and working in the remote Rankin Inlet in northern Canada. The experience changed Ted forever and some of his fondest memories center around Rankin still today. Ted’s CD is available in the Corner Store.

The Men Who Carve in Stone by Ted Schinbein

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.