T.G.I.F.
Posted on August 9, 2013 under Storytelling with no comments yet
I have two stories coming up that have a theme in common. Aging.
The first story is about romance but would hardly rate as a best seller with Harlequin. The story begins at the old high school dances and ends at a nursing home. That just about covers the gamut. One of the highlights of my trip to Alberta was a visit I made to an extended care facility. Two people I taught with back in the 1970’s are residents there so I stopped by to see them. We looked at old year books and I played some songs for them.
My story takes place at a nursing home and happened during Christmas last year. Enough time has elapsed for me to get over the shock of what transpired when I went there to sing Christmas carols. I read it out loud for a group of friends in Alberta who got a big kick out of it. The story is called “An Old Romance”.
The second story is about “cheque day”. Have you ever found yourself trapped in a lineup at a financial institution on the day the Canada Pension and Old Age Security cheques arrive? Most times, I will just turn around and leave but on this day, extenuating circumstances forced me to stay in the lineup. I took the opportunity to watch what was going on around me. I never studied anthropology at university but I’m thinking of getting a government grant to do an examination of the phenomenon of cheque day. Weather and ailments figure prominently in this story. It is called “Chequed”…. coming soon.
Hope you have a great weekend and stay tuned tomorrow for “Last Tango in Toronto”.
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