Musing

[written & sent from an internet café on Jasper Avenue in Edmonton]. . .
+ 14C . . .overcast, risk of thundershowers
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a walk through the Oliver neighbourhood presented many fresh sights for Gusta, lots of memories for me
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Saturday morning in Edmonton could not be complete without a visit to the BonTon Bakery; cheese buns & pecan rolls are health food !
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when I walked Gusta yesterday on the Victoria Promenade we stopped at many benches; Gusta to sniff them & for me it was to read plaques dedicated to many familiar names from Edmonton days – but one stopped me . .
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we had a long sit on the bench dedicated to Marvin & Mozanne Dower with the caption ‘Gone but not forgotten’ – former clients & the source of some great stories – Marvin the mentor & Mozanne the teller of jokes not printable here ! . . . the bench is just opposite their condo in the Arcadia where I met many times with Marvin – a mentor – gone but not forgotten
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what is it that imprints some people & their memory so deeply in our minds – even if they are people we knew briefly or incompletely - their impression brings their face, tone of voice & time/place memories as if they were yesterday ?
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gone . . but not forgotten
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weather permitting – I think it will – Maureen & I will play some golf this afternoon & catch up on everything; KT is having a birthday today !!! a special day for an incredibly incredible kind person
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yesterday: good meetings, lunch with GS [first time I’ve seen him since his heart attack] looking great but still smoking! . . movie [Cinderella Man was great !] & meal with Carla . . writer talk more than father/daughter . . what a great Friday night date !
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dog report: Gusta traveled well yesterday – the trip to Edmonton her first distance trip; riding shotgun quite calmly . . . and of course winning new friends in Edmonton
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Mark
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