Brummet's Conscious Blog

Latest Release: h ttps://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DYVVZHS6 Down The Road   (Memoir) A passion project honoring the Brummet & Rotar families by sharing a collection of memories written by family members, spanning 4 generations.    Opening with Dave's grandmother, Maria, who bravely travelled alone from a remote Romanian village to meet & marry a man she didn't know. It continues with the life-story of her eldest son Tony Brummet, a Canadian politician.  Continuing the saga, her second son Frank shares his memories starting with tales of growing up in the Okanagan Valley, where he later raised his children - including Dave. Dave closes the book with an emotional look at how this memoir impacted him, that he would have never known about their lives in this way with out their written tales that they left behind.   Get your copy today @:  https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DYVVZHS6  

Today's post is a sad one...but also a celebration of Tony Brummet (Anthony Julius Brummet: March 31, 1931 - June 8, 2024) - Dave's paternal uncle (his father's brother) - who passed recently.  Uncle Tony was a Canadian educator and politician serving in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Lands, Parks & Housing, also holding positions as Minister of Environment, and Minisiter of Education . He passed gracefully in his home at the age of 93. Today, I'm taking the liberty to share a portion of this memorial biography, (author unknown), of a man who led a very long and interesting life: Tony was born on March 31, 1931 in Mendham, Saskatchewan. The family moved to northern Alberta when Tony was a year old and then onto British Columbia when Tony was ten years old, settling in Rutland. In addition to his elementary school studies, Tony held jobs including working in his father’s blacksmith shop, tending raspberry acres, maintaining a ditch irrigation system, and rais...