Monday Morning Musings

Posted on August 5, 2013 under Monday Morning Musings with one comment

It’ s a holiday Monday in most places in Canada. Everybody savors long weekends like a plate of warm chocolate chip cookies. Both are truly delicious.

Betty and I are winding down our visit to the Peace River Country where we attended a couple of reunions. The combination of beautiful weather, laughter, music and gargantuan amounts of food has been a smile inducing experience for sure. I am embarrassed to report that a few of my current 30 day challenges have fallen by the wayside but I will hastily pick them back up when I return home.

Reconnecting with old friends is an amazing experience.. Some of the students I taught 35 years ago are not only parents but in some cases , grandparents. I certainly don’t lament the passage of time but it is quite shocking when you come face to face with it like I have this week.

One of the best moments of the weekend was playing tunes with a fellow that I taught way back then. I used to teach guitar lessons to a group of kids at lunch hour. I had only learned how to play the previous year so it was a case of the “blind leading the blind”. I normally spent the first 20 minutes of every class tuning guitars. I think we must have played Kenny Rodger’s “The Gambler” several hundred times. Anyway, Trevor was one of the kids who really got the bug to play and he became a great player. He played me a song he had written about the rodeos, another passion of his. He told me his children play guitar as well.

We also visited a friend who is gravely ill. He has a wonderful sense of humour and it shone through the pain. As we have this opportunity on a holiday Monday to put our feet up, let’s be grateful if we have good health and good friends.

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