Cappuchino Fred

Born in 1926, was a professional musician for eleven years as an autoharpist at a geriatric wing of a hospital in Cornwall Ontario. On day he was entertaining patients, strumming autoharp chords and singing his art out with Beautiful Dreamer, wake onto me, when suddenly one dear sister screeched, `Will someone PLEASE let that cat out!' Fred's musical career deteriorated somewhat from that point.

He is a retired Unitarian minister, having served ten congregations in his long ministry. The first ones wee Methodist, followed by Unitarian. He had to leave three of them due to illness - the people were sick of him.*

Fred is the highly respected author of the quarterly ''Bonie Lore'' column in the Child Haven International newsletter, the most eminent, erudite and educational newsletter in Canada.. He is also the author of ''Bonnie and Her 21 Children'' published in 2015.

• Apologies to comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who said, ''I had to leave my job because of illness. My boss was sick of me.''