It’s quiet on the street
Sun is shining but it’s not the sun of summertime anymore
The light is softer
It poured down buckets yesterday afternoon just after lunch
Lynette and I decided not to call a taxi
A little rain wouldn’t hurt us
Walking back to the car, a couple of bicyclists passed by whooping it up
Just as the clouds opened up again
I haven’t been caught in a tropical storm like that in a while
Only this time it wasn’t quite so warm
I was soaked and dripping but I was content
Fifteen years ago today, my cousin Molly passed away
A year and two days ago Lynette’s partner, Bruce, passed away
I thought of them over tea this morning.
Tea’s done. Time to enjoy the day and do something fruitful
Maybe tidy up my garden beds or sort through my closet
I have chocolates to deliver to my niece after her marathon
and a grape pie for Bridget and Caner made from the fruits of their garden
Tonight I’ve been invited to Lynette’s sister Peggy’s for dinner
It’s Thanksgiving
kimwalker.ca 
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Kim.
We celebrated last night with a Big BIrd that Ross cooked and his friend Lisa did most of the fixin’s. We had it at Gabriel’s (the building next door) b/c he has a bigger dining room table and more room for the crowd of 6.
The other two are Ali Mohamed Mapara a second year OCAD student in Industrial Design who is renting what used to be my office but is now converted to his bedroom which is actually very nice now that we have rooted out 10 years of accumulated junk from the huge walkin closet, repainted, etc. Ali’s girl friend Qhalisa also joined us … she’s a first year student in business and accounting at Waterloo and is preparing for her first sight of snow with winter garb (Lisa actually offered some outdated stuff to get her through before the sales kick in), Ali has experienced snow before but never lived through a winter. Lots of winter gear discussions over dinner. (they are from Nairobi)
A wonderful discussion ensued… they are Ismaili (Shia muslims) and Q’s mother works for one of the Aga Khan’s development foundations (and is now travelling in France and Switzerland on biz). Gabriel is a Roumanian Jew via Israel to Canada.. So as you can imagine lots to talk about. I even put in a plug for my candidate (Jennifer Hollett) for whom I’ve been working about 3 days a week (!) and 12 hours on E-day!
Have a wonderful Big Bird Day … all best wishes to you and yours,
L.
http://jenniferhollett.com/
PS. My weekend involves putting the finishing touches on a new book (!) which is actually just channeling my friend from York’s *Capital as Power* theme with a few additions of my own. Launches in Ottawa on November 26th and here in TO at the Free Times Cafe on November 29th. Fun times!
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Lee Doran
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