Thursday Tidbits

Posted on August 14, 2014 under Thursday Tidbits with 2 comments

Tall and Small… and Wonderful

I was walking to work yesterday and passed the Tall and Small café, as I do every other day. I saw the table and chairs and the flowers. It looked so inviting and welcoming. This is a very special place. The food and coffee are terrific and it has an ambience that is unique to the town.

I was humming the Carly Simon song of the same name on my way to work yesterday. I could smell it and sense it in the air. I bet you know what I’m talking about. You can feel September approaching. The students will be arriving soon at St.F.X. The yellow school buses will be back on the roads. The Exhibition will be gearing up and the Ferris wheel will be high in the sky over Fairview Street. The air is cooler and the days are getting shorter. The times… and seasons, are a changing.

Wakes and funerals. Spending far too much time in funeral homes and churches lately saying goodbye to old friends. On my way to Ingonish tomorrow to attend the funeral of a St.F.X classmate.

I had a wonderful chat with one of my teachers from Junior High days at the old Antigonish High School. “ Do you remember…” Sometimes that’s all it takes to bring the memories flooding back. We talked about deceased teachers and administrators, sports teams and the like. It must be a part of aging but reminiscing is something I do a lot of these days.

It’s great to have phone and internet back after a 5 day hiatus. Oh my, but are we slaves to technology or what? I nearly went into withdrawal in the first 24 hours after the lightning strike. We are utterly at the mercy of technology. I think the global economy would grind to a halt if something happened to the internet.

Lots of new stories in the works.

I will give a full accounting of the lightning strike next week… “A Bolt From the Blue”. I must say, I’m getting a wee bit weary recounting the story but people seem to have a genuine fascination with natural disasters.

Have a great weekend.

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