Monday Morning Musings
Posted on April 18, 2016 under Monday Morning Musings with no comments yet
One that didn’t get away. A fillet from a 50 pound halibut that Peter caught Saturday in the Juan de Fuca Strait
I am a big fan of Calgary Mayor, Naheed Nenshi. Are you?
I read a letter that he posted in Saturday’s Globe and Mail. Here is a snippet:
“ In Calgary, we’ve started something simple called 3 Things For Calgary. It’s a simple idea that asks each Calgarian to do three things each year to make our community even greater. It could be something as small as cleaning up trash, or hosting a barbeque for your neighbors in your front yard , or something big like joining a non-profit board. Now imagine 3 Things For Canada. Imagine everyone of us doing three things this year to make our community and our world stronger.”
3 Things For Antigonish? Are you in! Let’s see if we can get a hundred people to say “ I’m in.”
I hope you’re not getting turned off with my shameless boosterism of Antigonish!
Thank you for the terrific response to two posts this week. There was a lot of feedback on the story of Martha MacDonald and the incredible Boyd clan. It is obvious that this family is well known and well respected in the community.
And I appreciate the comments about the rather harmless piece that I posted on Saturday called “ Why I Love Antigonish.” I wrote that piece in under 10 minutes and it was one of those stories that took on a life of its own. I guess that I am not the only one who feels the way I do about our community. I well remember a dear old friend, Rev. Leo “Pops” McKenna who taught me a lot about golf and life. He was forever expounding the virtues of the area. “ We live in paradise and we don’t even know it’” was one of his favorite expressions.
Hopping to post a full length story this week ( for old times sake ). It’s about me losing my vehicle in a mammoth parking lot at Walmart!
And coming up on Thursday, my “Faces in the Crowd” story will be about someone from the area who received a double lung transplant a number of years ago. Stay tuned for “Breathless.”
Have a great week.
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