Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves
on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -Susan Ertz, author (1894-1985)
Hi Flash!
Thanks for the quick work indeed. I probably should have mentioned it
earlier but I was thinking of the 11x17, folded, with the order of
service, readings, etc., as an insert. I'm wondering if, when we meet,
with other pictures and text of order of service,
we can "play a bit with various formats, to see what might work best.
As soon as I send this message I'm going next door to The Annexe where
we have been storing most of Mom's possessions, to look for a few more
pictures. If you could let me know when you might be free to work on
format, etc., we can plan accordingly. Thanks
again. Cheers, Patrizzio!
PS: Lurchesca was gone by the time I read your message so I'll let them
know when next I talk to Madroña Manor. Grogg and Tony da Lip will be
playing one of Mom's favourite songs, Before I Met You, at the memorial.
Hi Misha!
I haven't actually quite finished the book, (contrary to what Whirlygig,
Club Secretary and Agent Provacateur, wrote!), but plan to do so by the
end of this weekend. I'm happy to pop it by your place, at some point,
or leave it with Giorgio or have you pick
it up here if you happen to be coming this way sometime. Whatever is
easiest for everyone involved in the exchange! My book for a bottle of
the finest Russian vodka, three first editions of
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov's Машенька, Король, дама, валет,
Защита Лужина, and a used Kalashnikov! I'll send you a message when I'm
ready, written in invisible ink. I might well finish it this evening as
Cora Lee is out with a friend, Agneta, who
is leaving for Mexico tomorrow, for six months. If I don't attend some
of the VIFF showings tonight, I'll be devouring David Adams Richards,
probably with Maggie on my lap and a bottle of malt beside me! Cheers,
Patrizzio!
Hi Gran Duggaccio!
On Wednesday I rode from
Parksville to Departure Bay, (35K), and then from Horseshoe Bay to The
Islay Inn, (36K), so it was another grand ride. Found that the return
from HB was far easier than in the past and I assume it has to do with
the distances I was able to log during our stay on VI. Was a beautiful
day, sunny but not overly warm, so rides were most pleasant indeed.
Funnily enough, I chatted with a chap at Departure Bay while we were
waiting to board the ferry. he was carrying a small, surfing kayak and I
asked him about the sport. One thing led to another and I determined he
lived in Kamloops and knows a close friend of ours, David McDougall,
(He lived with us while attending Law School at UBC back in 1976/77), as
he, Sheldon Shore, (kayaker), lives with an ex-girlfriend of Dave's!
More to the cycling point is that he and his girlfriend rode in the
Penticton Gran Fondo this past July so I was keen to obtain his opinion
of route, difficulties, etc. Walking off the ferry at HB we said goodbye
and he said that he would look for me in Penticton next year!
Closer
to home, I just talked to Imre. There was a message on our voice mail,
left by him, while we were away, informing me that had been in St
Paul's, (D-10, 604-684-6532, loc 67087) since last Friday, for pain
management. He will be discharged on Monday, around noon, and I will
collect him and see him home to his apartment. However, he probably
won't be staying there for very long as he has reached the point where
he simply cannot manage on his own, even with outside help for cleaning,
shopping, meal preparation, bathing and the like. One of his doctors
suggested hospice care and I believe he has resigned himself to this
next step. How long it will take to make the necessary arrangements, I
don't know, but of course, this is a very difficult time, as I'm sure I
need not tell you.
At any rate, just wanted to let you know about his present situation. Will chat more on Sunday. Cheers, Patrizzio!
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Hi Marcus Aurelius!
Glad to hear, via Whrlygig, that your back
isn't bothering you. Thanks for the cycling map info and the
"photogenic" advice! I'll keep it in mind on my next photo-odyssey/bike
marathon!
We came back from VI this past Wednesday and I rode
from Parksville to Departure Bay, (35K), and then
from Horseshoe Bay to The Islay Inn, (36K), so it was another grand
ride. Found that the return from HB was far easier than in the past and I
assume it has to do with the distances/long grinding hills I was
able to log/encounter during our stay on VI. Was a beautiful day, sunny
but not
overly warm, so rides were most pleasant indeed. Funnily enough, I
chatted with a chap at Departure Bay while we were waiting to board the
ferry. He was carrying a small, surfing kayak, (He'd been at Tofino for a
few days., 7'-14' waves, at times, and he said he and his freinds looke
for a sheltered bay where the breakers were between 7'-8'!), and
I asked him about the sport. One thing led to another and I determined
he lived in Kamloops and knows a close friend of ours, David McDougall,
(He lived with us while attending Law School at UBC back in 1976/77), as
he, Sheldon Shore, (kayaker), lives with
an ex-girlfriend of Dave's! More to the cycling point is that he and
his girlfriend rode in the Penticton Gran Fondo this past July so I was
keen to obtain his opinion of route, difficulties, etc. Walking off the
ferry at HB we said goodbye and he said that
he would look for me in Penticton next year!
I gather, from the
Giggster, once again, that you are wearing your nautical hat for next
little while. Trust weather cooperates and that sailing is fair. Cheers,
Patrizzio!
Thanks again for the great pictures, we'll have to do it again sometime in Oct or Nov. Joanne
Hi JT!
Congratulations on the new twins! Trust all goes well! We'll have to have next gathering at our place as you'll be too, too exhausted to lift even a little finger!See you when you return. Fondestos from Cora Lee to you and the grand-twins! Cheers,
Patrizzio!
Hi Big Al!
Enjoyed reading about The Wild Ones! More than
impressive stats, althought I think our "bug" count was higher coming
back from Winnipeg! Furthermore, I didn't think you had that many brains
cells in the first place!!!
Yesterday, Robo
Ray, Giggenheimer and I rode out to Iona and then back, via CSTB/Heather
to 37th and then out to UBC. Raymondo took off down 16th or home but
Giorgio and I returned via Spanish Banks as we both wanted to stop at
Young Brother's on Broadway for some fruit/vegetables. He watched my
bike while I shopped and then he picked up a few items while I stood
guard. Left him at 6th and Macdonald and made my way home, via Kits
Point. had 63.2K over 3:12:06 for an AVG 19.7kph, MAX 54.6kph so it was a
fairly leisurely ride. Not official as I had to touch the ground
outside YB!
Had to be home by 12:30pm as I had my first VIFF
shift from 2:00pm-7:00pm. Much the same as last year so pretty familiar
with tasks, etc. Watched almost all of Museum Hours, Austria/USA, (Had
to put up a number of posters about half-way into film but didn't miss
but a few minutes.), a simply fascinating story about two people, museum
guard, Johann, (Bobby Sommer), and Anne, (Canadian music legend Mary
Margaret O'Hara!), who meet in the Breughel room of Vienna's
Kunsthistoriches Art Museum.
Overall, a truly remarkable film which
explores how art shapes and reflects daily experience, and more, much
more, of course. In one startling scene, to say the least, we watch a
number of visitors as they view various paintings. The camera moves from
details depicted in the works to the viewers themselves and then back
to more close-ups, etc. Then, when a number of particular "viewers" are
next seen, they are naked, as if we, the audience, possess X-ray vision.
The line, of course, between the naked nymphs, cherubs, and bare
chested warriors depicted in the breathtaking or gruesome paintings, is
blurred, erased, so we must question what is real, what is artifice. A
highly provoctive yet immensely effective device, given the context, I
must say.
I rode to Pacific Cinémathèque, (Howe and Helmcken),
and it was such a gorgeous afternoon that I only needed a short-sleeved
shirt. I took along a warmer jacket for ride home but it was not
particularly cool when I crossed the Burrard Bridge and still light
enough that I really didn't need my halogen, at just after 7:00pm. Hope
to take in quite a few more films over next week or so as I don't have
another shift until October 5th. However, have to finish working on the
order of service for Mom's memorial on October 14th. Friend Flash is
helping with template and he leaves for Cuba on October 2nd so we hope
to have it pretty well organized by tomorrow afternoon. I'm busy between
8:00am-10:00am, as we are
taking Maggie to the SPCA to have her teeth looked at!
I'm hoping that Alastair won't be called upon, by Cora Lee, to do
memorial programs for both
Chloë and I, as we may well be "shredded", attempting to get The Devil
Cat into a carrier cage!
Let
me know what your schedule might allow and we'll try for a ride, as
long as the weather continues to hold. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Tinsel Town!
This from Laury Dahners, childhood family friend
from Cyprus, now living in Chapel Hill. His sister Gail, lives on Orcas.
I think you may have met them, (Gail/Jack), over the years of living in
Oak Harbour but I'm not sure. Entire family has always been highly
conservative, Republicans to the core!
"I really liked, Laury
This band sings a version that will knock your socks off ... a Navy vet sings the lead."
http://www.starspangledbannerchallenge.com/
Aside
from anything else, the "navy vet" reminded me to ask you for Melvin's
email. UBC's email system changed and I don't have access to my old
email address book. He left a very sympathetic voice mail after he
learned of Mom's death and I wanted to thank him. Just haven't had time
to attend to everything. I'm meeting with Alastair tomorrow to put
together order of service for Mom's Memorial. Hello and Fondestos to Los Horridos. Thanks and Love, Dad!
PS:
As I was finally going through some of Mom's possessions, (primarily
looking for snaps to use in program), from Broadway Lodge, I was
wondering if there might be somethings you might wish to have, some
small ornaments, pictures, etc. I could take shots of things and you
could decide and we could bring any items that you might want down at
Christmas. Anyway, let me know. Probably won't have time to itemize
things until after VIFF/VIWF are over.
Hi Laury and Nora!
Not sure if you heard from Gail or not but sad to report that Mom died on Wednesday, August 29th, around 1:00pm.
All the best. Patrizzio!
Pics: Mom and I this past June. Mom and Dad, in Cyprus, early '50's!
Hi Flash!
I came across a couple of these snaps so I thought I'd send them along. Cheers, Patrzzio!
These look so great.
-A.
Hi again, Flash!
Glad you like them. Guess I inherited the love of hootch from Mom!!! Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi, babies are 11 days old, very tiny and needing lots of small feedings
