Musing

today’s Musing written and published from my hotel in North York

2C/35F, overcast, drizzly - dogless walk from car to hotel followed way too much airport terminal walking in Toronto and Calgary; falling asleep at one end of the country, waking up at the other is strange – cold Calgary tail winds so strong the flight was delayed so we would not arrive here before the noise curfew ends

everyone seems to know where they are from - and where they are going, but in midst of an incredible pace it seems hard to get a sense of where anyone is right now

I’ve not been to Toronto in quite a while, much is new but little seems changed – the pace, the race, hub of the traditional Canadian economy where we make things and move things more than anywhere else - a place once all powerful, now not quite as much, as the west has its day in the sunshine for a while

within spitting distance of the 401, a steady hum will lull me asleep tonight, settled in at my hotel - shower and change - then down to the convention centre to get into conference mode; then a rendezvous late with Yona and Zev . . way too long between visits

last night, I sensed nearly everyone was from somewhere else, going somewhere else – shoulders slumped, weary written on foreheads – the pre red-eye flight wait in Calgary’s departure lounge was part Late Show, part Gong Show – not wishing to connect with anyone – like most – wanting to sleep, an oilsands contracter crew from the east coast heading home too sufficiently lubricated to suit the remainder of the crowd - none of us seemed to have the energy to complain or the will to relocate

Mark Kolke
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