Weekend Wanderings
Posted on May 11, 2013 under Storytelling with no comments yet
Wouldn’t it be great if we could bottle the “feel” of weekends? They’re too short and there’s always too many things to do but for those of us lucky enough not to have to work on the weekend, they are two days to be treasured.
There are many things going on in our community this weekend. Despite controversy in the local fisheries with lobster prices, the annual Arisaig Lobster dinner will be held. The Farmer’s Market is back up and running so we will definitely be making an appearance there.
There are three musical events that I am aware of ( probably more ). They are all fundraisers and knowing our community, they will all be well supported. Two of them are for the Walsh family who lost their home and all their belongings a few weeks ago. For you ex-patriots, this would be Tilly and Lorraine Walsh. Less than six months ago, their oldest son, Johnathan died, so this has been a very difficult time for the family. I am coordinating the fundraising so any of you who knew Tilly and Lorraine and would like to help out, can send a donation to me payable to the “Walsh Fire Fund”.
One of the fundraisers is a CD launch being held tomorrow, Sunday May 12th. between the hours of 4-7 at Piper’s Pub. This is the second CD produced by my daughter, Betsy called “ In Between the Hours”. It is an excellent piece of work, if I am allowed to add my unbiased comments! Betsy is donating the gate and all the proceeds of her CD to the Walsh family. If you want to hear some great music ( lots of Bluegrass ) please come out and join us. Not to discourage anyone, but I’m going to dust off the guitar and do a few tunes with Betsy and my son, Peter.
Now of course, tomorrow is Mother’s Day and the logical thing for me to do is post a sentimental story about mothers. Not a chance. I will leave all the flowery comments to others. My mother wouldn’t believe a word of it anyway so I’m going to take the risk of offending all mothers, and post a story that has nothing to do about this special day.
Here’s a hint: what do politicians, used car salesmen, vacuum cleaner salesmen and Pinocchio all have in common?
See you on Mother’s Day.
BTW. My mailing address is : 22 Ross Street, Antigonish, N.S. B2G 1C6
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