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Issue #1236
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Carol
Gary
Doug

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From Carol

I suppose the big story this week should be the snow but here in Kitchener on Sunday we only received 10 cm. In expectation we would be hit like Toronto church was canceled and schools were closed Monday. Toronto had a record high amount of snow in a 24 hour period. Too bad all that snow didn’t land on the mountain tops in BC where it is needed. What we did have in Kitchener were 2 horrific accidents of cars sailing off the flyover ramp on the expressway onto the road below. The police are saying driver error but it wouldn’t have happened without the large snow bank enabling this to happen.

Now a totally different topic; have you ever caught sight of someone out of the corner of your eye that looks vaguely familiar and when you turn to look it isn’t a person at all? You are looking at a reflection of yourself in a window or mirror but it is not the version of yourself you have in your mind’s eye. Even though I look in the mirror every day in my mind I see myself as I was 20 or 30 years ago. Part of who I am has always been my curly hair. I hated it when I was a teenager when the in look was long straight hair. I grew to accept that my hair was just part who I am and stopped trying to control it. I don’t know if it is the result of old age or all that time in the hospital but my hair is no longer curly which is why it surprises me when I get an unexpected glimpse of myself. Grandma never stopped thinking of herself as a beautiful 20 year old blonde and when I was younger I couldn’t understand how she could deceive herself that way. I was never a beautiful 20 year old blonde but now I understand because in my mind’s eye I look like I did at 50, despite seeing that stranger in the mirror each day.

Carol

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From Gary

Hi folks. Only news is the weather.

We’ve been locked in a deep freeze and plenty of snow. 2 Thursdays in a row my son in law, Pat couldn’t drive to his office in Toronto. He normally goes in once a week. We had about 12-15” on the ground and then the lake effect snow started. We now have 4-5’ snowfall. It started Saturday and ended Wednesday late afternoon. Sunny and cold today. -15 high today. I bought a cheap ($25.00) down filled coat 8 or 10 years ago. It’s finally cold enough to wear as long as I only have a t shirt on underneath. Thanks Tim and Heidi for their big snowblower they brought back from stonewall. It’s really getting a good workout. Stay safe everyone.

Gary

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From Doug

One of the many things that are very difficult these days is finding opportunities to work on our music and thats important given our upcoming gondola gig, and for my well being. As well, we had been working on some recordings of our ‘Doug & Jane’ music. Some things can’t be done when you can’t pay proper attention to them. We have however managed to work on another song, but only managed short bits of time each time. On Wednesdays I drop Sue off at a day program that is aimed at Alzheimer patients and while the program is 2 hr long, my actual time to myself is not much more than an hour given driving time back and forth and the fact that I MUST be there when she comes out. That precious little hour has given us small measures of time to work uninterpreted on recordings and, after quite a while, we do in fact have another song recorded and uploaded to my web site.

This is a Beatles song called ‘Let It Be’. Jane takes the lead and I do my usual thing putting in a bit of harmony and the guitar tracks. This link will take you to the song. It is on that web page I’ve set up so you could get to it that way as well by simply going to that bookmark I had suggested you make and choosing the song there. Either way, please give it a listen and hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as we did making it.

Let It Be

Doug

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