Helen Heubi’s Thanksgiving Letter, October, 2012
Thanks for:
- the maples turning colour up in Muskoka, where I lived for the last 17 years or so.
- selling my house in Gravenhurst to a young family.
- finding a lovely apartment in Orillia within days of the sale
- Mary, who found the new digs with me
- Eric for taking a day off work to pile my heavy stuff into truck and trailer, getting it safely to Orillia, transferring it to my new place, with Mary
- Janet LoSole, Jocelyn and Natalie for getting me out of the movers and shakers' way by taking me out for a latte and shopping.
- Lloyd Stringer for sharing with me the bounty of his garden. I had never tasted ground cherries before. Those tomatoes springing spontaneously from the compost are a wonder.
- the Lostrins (Janet, Lloyd, Jocelyn and Natalie) for their company at a meal straight from their garden at Foxfell.
- Lloyd for guiding me by cell phone from Noble Towers to Foxfell by shortcuts, a stroll of about 10 or a sprint of 5 minutes.
- Mary and Eloïse for bringing me another load of household goods
- Mary and Oliver for delivering another truckload of my things
- Vianet, my internet server, for providing me with instant internet and phone service, once the technician had installed a “dry loop” to by-pass Bell, and for my new phone number 705 393 3910, a Barrie number that connects without long distance charges to Gravenhurst and Orillia as well and also echoes my street number.
- the autumn colours beginning to show in Orillia, which I left in 1973. Yes, you’re right. I’ve come a full circle back to Orillia after nearly 40 years.
- YouTube, providing gorgeous choral works to sing along with, complete with score on screen. Examples: Angels' Carol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=KOIhzqutZuQ
Fauré Cantique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKwHiGg21KA&feature=relmfu
Well, that’s a start of my Thanksgiving for October, 2012.
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