Thursday Tidbits
Posted on May 7, 2015 under Thursday Tidbits with no comments yet
Some beautiful art at the home of Jyotsna and her husband
You can see the joy on people’s faces as we have been enjoying several sunny days in a row. It was a real blessing to have spectacular weather for the convocation at St.F.X last weekend. The town looked great and there were a lot of proud parents and grandparents wandering the Main.
The day after graduation is always a spectacle as many ( most ) grads pack up for the last time. Some of them will never return while others will become fanatical alumni, which is important for the continued survival of any university. As some of you know, we recently moved downtown to an apartment. Court Street used to be a prime residential area of single family dwellings. It still is but most of the homes have become rentals for university students.
Most of us have had the pleasure (!) of helping our children move…sometimes across town and occasionally across the country. It can be mildly disheartening work especially the final cleanup. Court Street was awash with moving vans, mini vans, trucks and cars . In a few cases , it was obvious that the grandparents were doing the move. And just like that, the town fell silent.
Have you ever had a mother raccoon take up residence in the roof of your porch? Have you ever been struck by lightning? Have any of you had either of these things happen to you twice? Yeah, yeah I know the line about lightning striking the same place twice. I’ve never heard the expression “ raccoons never strike the same place twice.”
Wrong.
I had to bring in “The Beaver Brothers” the other day to extricate a raccoon from our porch roof. The same thing happened four years ago. Raccoon sightings are increasingly common. The Landry’s say that their trapping services have increased exponentially since the town instituted the green bins for compost several years ago. While we weren’t terribly amused with the reoccurrence, we took it in stride and I thought, “ what the hell,” I’ll write a story about it as there were some amusing twists and turns. Stay tuned for “Raccoon Rescue” coming soon.
I’m not sure if it was Saltscapes or the fact that people have come out of hibernation after a dreadfully hard winter, but my readership has suddenly exploded. Thanks to all of you who take the time to read my stories and rants.
My editor was busy bright and early yesterday ( the morning after the end of tax season ), editing the story about Michael Campbell. In case you missed this week’s Monday Morning Musings ( shame on you! ), I was talking about a meeting I had last week in New Victoria, Cape Breton. I met this amazing man, Michael Campbell. He has led a long, active and healthy life. He still plays hockey three times a week ( 75-80 games a year ) and he is just shy of 90 years old. Look for his story next week. It is called “The Life and Times of Michael Campbell.”
Just a reminder about the fundraiser this coming Saturday at Piper’s Pub for Sadie Anderson. Sadie is 4 years old who is battling cancer. It runs from 4-8 p.m. with lots of great live music, auction, face painting and more.
Have a great weekend.
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