I am delighted to be talking to Walter Lemons this week, who was technical director of the Garland Performing Arts Centre which became our home away from homeschool many moons ago. Not many people made it passed us when it came to having an impact on our children’s lives, Walter did!  He was instrumental in teaching them all the technical skills they would ever need to work backstage in every capacity. Once they had graduated from the Walter Lemons School of Technology they were ready to go...and go they have!  Walter also became a cherished friend allowing his inner child to surface during balloon war summers and intense film making, not to mention marathon video game sessions and a change of pace when he began fostering Pyrenean Mountain dogs.

Walter was an adult who watched over our children while they spread their wings in the backstage of a large facility allowing them to experiment, fail and explore.  I think you will enjoy our natter this week as we talk about how our public service benefitted both him and his job as well as our children’s education.  Don’t miss a word tune in this Friday for elevensies.