{"id":675,"date":"2024-11-02T00:18:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2024-11-15T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T22:00:10","slug":"backwoods-boy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/backwoods-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Backwoods Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"675\" class=\"elementor elementor-675\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eef0ae9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3eef0ae9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7534bbf2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7534bbf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2141e6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2141e6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b896bfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b896bfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT THE BOOK<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc1ab5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc1ab5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">In\u00a0<i>Backwoods Boy<\/i>, author Richard Irving takes you on a lighthearted romp through the maple trees and blueberry bushes of his childhood in Canada during the fifties and sixties.<\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Emerging from World War II, the rural county of Baltimore, New Brunswick, was isolated by poor roads and a lack of expensive telecommunications. Nevertheless, this seclusion fostered deep community connections and a solid sense of place in the people who raised their families, helped their neighbours, and built their lives without fanfare or recognition.<\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Thirty-four pencil-and-ink sketches and thirteen photographs accompany whimsical stories that illustrate the joys and challenges of each season and demonstrate the social effects of technology\u2019s progression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c576ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c576ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e1c42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57e1c42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db6329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1db6329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHAT'S INSIDE?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023822c elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"023822c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Chapters<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"14\" data-from-value=\"1\" data-delimiter=\",\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088aae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"088aae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Pages<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"166\" data-from-value=\"1\" data-delimiter=\",\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fa322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26fa322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h5>Part 1<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>My World in the Fifties and Sixties<\/li>\n<li>The Old Homestead<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h5>Part 2<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Spring Renewal<\/li>\n<li>Getting the Farm Ready<\/li>\n<li>Summer Abundance<\/li>\n<li>Recreation<\/li>\n<li>Summer Lessons Learned<\/li>\n<li>Fall Frenzy<\/li>\n<li>Going Back to School<\/li>\n<li>Fall Stories<\/li>\n<li>Winter Recuperation<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h5>Part 3<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The Day Our House Burned Down<\/li>\n<li>From Backwoods to Big City<\/li>\n<li>Reflections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74620b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74620b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c63e977 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c63e977\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preface<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b19174c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b19174c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As I write this in 2021, I wear a digital watch that tracks my movements, heart rate, GPS location, and outside temperature. That watch connect to my smartphone and notifies me when I have messages. My phone, and tablet on which I write, are connected to the internet \u2014 I can find information immediately. Today, from my desk, I can: make video calls worldwide; teach a class of fifty people from my tablet; or take a course from anywhere in the world. I no longer need to travel to boring meetings and can access most services without moving. While attending a Zoom meeting: I can mute my audio and video to make lunch, nap or read a book\u2026 while still \u2018participating\u2019 in the forum.<\/p><p>People in their twenties and younger have never known a world without cell phones and computers\u2026just living their lives to the rhythm of notification chines, It was not always thus.<\/p><p>Those of us in our fifties and older remember when these things were he stuff of science fiction. If you wanted to know something, you read a book; and you looked up someone\u2019s phone number in a phone book, to hang out with your friends, you went to their house.<\/p><p>Seven decades of changes in technology and society have left their mark. Beginning as a backwoods boy: I grew up to eventually obtain a PH.D. in Management Science from the University of Waterloo and became a Professor at the \u201cSchulich School of Business\u201d at York University in Toronto\u2014-researching the effects of new technology on organisations. I have seen a world transformed by technology. In some cases, made better; in others, not so much.<\/p><p>Still\u2026no one pines for the good old days of dentistry.<\/p><p>Seventy years ago, many rural forks (me included) didn\u2019t have running water, indoor toilets, electricity, or telephones. In the 1940\u2019s, 1950s, and 1960s, we began to see the beginning of changes that led to today\u2019s world. I experienced those changes and saw a globe transformed so thoroughly and people from the forties and fifties wouldn\u2019t recognize much of how we now live. However, despite lacking our modern-day technological advances, they managed to live full, satisfying lives\u2014 and may have even formed stronger social connections than we do today.<\/p><p>Our post-industrial world is terrific\u2026but amid all this capability. we have lost connections to our roots, our family stories, our onl histories. To the communities and the characters who populated them where everybody knew your name, who your people were and where you lived. To a way of life that shaped how we do many things today. It\u2019s a world that is long gone but which should not be forgotten<\/p><p>So, come back there with me, to life as a kid in the backwoods of rural New Brunswick in the fifties and sixties. Back to a time when we lived our lives to the rhythm of the seasons; when we checked the weather by going outdoors; and when we shared information by swapping stories around the kitchen table (or by gathering for an evening with a neighbour or two and a fiddle). You will meet my people; hear our stories; and learn (or reminisce) about what we did how we did it, and why. I\u2019ll share stories of people, places, and events, with sketches and photos that evoke a sense of times past when we had no online connections, but we were well connected, nonetheless. And just perhaps\u2026together, we can make some sense of how we ended up where we are.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-919ba85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"919ba85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"about-rick\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5868ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e5868ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bff3758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bff3758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/richard-irving.jpg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-46\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/richard-irving.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/richard-irving.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/richard-irving.jpg?resize=480%2C720&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f975821 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f975821\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8a4076 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8a4076\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About THE AUTHOR<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a314ad0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a314ad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text_align_justified et_pb_bg_layout_light\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Richard (Rick) Irving, D.Tech., B.A.Sc., MASc., Ph.D., is uniquely qualified to write this book. He grew up in the fifties and sixties in rural New Brunswick, Canada; went to one-room country schools; and ultimately completed a Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo. Eventually, he had a thirty-five-year career as a tenured professor at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. On the way, he had three marriages, travelled the world, taught on four continents, lived in New York for two years, and spent a year in Provence before it was fashionable. Rick was in Lisbon in April 1974 during the Carnation Revolution; he was once detained by the police in southern France for hitchhiking; and he hiked part of the Inca Trail.<\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Over a forty-year career, he specialized in studying how organizations adapt to changes in technology. Rick has published fourteen academic articles, numerous reports, and two books\u2014<em>Office Information Systems: Management Issues and Methods<\/em>, Wiley, 1991, and<em>\u00a0Don\u2019t Leave IT to the Geeks<\/em>,\u00a0Pheasant Ridge, 2001.<\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Rick was president and CEO of Hazelburn Co-op, a non-profit housing co-op; president of Beatty Buddies, a non-profit daycare; and past president and ex-member of the board of HIMSS Ontario, a non-profit Association for IT Healthcare Professionals. He was a contributing editor for Canadian Healthcare Technology, writing a regular column on Healthcare and IT, from 2000 to 2014, when he retired from that position.<\/p><p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Currently, he is enjoying retirement and is active in his Port Credit community.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a04111 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36a04111\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ed52a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ed52a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BACKWOODS BOY BLOG<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65bcf737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65bcf737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Follow along on Instagram at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/RichardIrving569\">@RichardIrving569<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6889ebb1 elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-carousel\" data-id=\"6889ebb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0cc42f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-1.27.52-PM.png?fit=800%2C619&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-980\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-1.27.52-PM.png?w=842&amp;ssl=1 842w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-1.27.52-PM.png?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0cc42f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-1.39.01-PM.png?fit=800%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-984\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-1.39.01-PM.png?w=846&amp;ssl=1 846w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickwrites.ca\/staging\/2216\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-1.39.01-PM.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3783661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Backwoods Boy at Indigo Stoney Creek<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"992\" class=\"elementor elementor-992 swiper-slide e-loop-item e-loop-item-988 post-988 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-backwoods-boy-blog\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc3010 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fcc3010\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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