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| WASCANA POOL LAPS |
People are
always asking me, “So, Neil, are you thinking of retirement anytime soon?”
Factoid: The stats show that significantly more
people die during their retirement years than during their years as a working
stiff (pun intended)! Immortally armed with this awareness, I have decided that
if I never retire, I might never die, or at the very least, delay my dying.
And so, to
answer the retirement question, I shall continue with my well-rehearsed broken-record
response:
“I WILL CELEBRATE MY RETIREMENT AT MY CELEBRATION OF LIFE!”
Enough existential dread. For my blog entry today, I shall reproduce and sketch
my so-far endless SUMMER of 2024!
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| DIVING WITH BARON AT ELKWATER LAKE, ALBERTA |
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SWIMMING WITH FAMILY AT OKANAGAN LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
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| HIKING AT PASQUA LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN |
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| HIKING THE ROCKIES |
And busking
this summer, marching in my CHAUCERIAN PARADE, I have met lots of
characters (with my NEW FOUND GUITAR)!
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| MY ALLEY GUITAR |
My neighbor found this guitar in the alley behind our downtown high-rise. It was thick with acrylic paint and mud. I scraped off the paint (hence the unusual design from the stains), attached new strings, and voila! This acoustic Yamaha is now my busking guitar!  |
ACCORDION BUSKER, JOHN, JUST HAD TO STRUM MY GUITAR
DURING THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD! |
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| OFTENTIMES GIG-MATE, DEVON, AND DAUGHTER, IRIS |
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| FORMER COLLEAGUE, BRIAN, AND SON |
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| FORMER GIG-MATES, JAY AND BOND |
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| MEETING NEW FRIENDS WHILE BUSKING |
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| EVERYONE LOVES MY NEW FOUND GUITAR! |
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MY FRIEND, AMAR
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Also this summer, I just had to get the lead out!
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| ANGELS FROM TORONTO! |
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| A CALGARIAN TWIN |
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| THE OTHER CALGARIAN TWIN |
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| A HEAVY HAULER FROM HINTON, ALBERTA |
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THE HEAVY HAULER'S BETTER HALF
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| ROBIN'S DOG |
And, of course, I had to organize the odd gig or two or three!
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| BIG GIG COMING UP AT THE CURE, DOWNTOWN REGINA |
YES!
At 73 years of age I am still MOONLIGHTING AS A VAMPIRE and in doing so, makes for a seemingly ENDLESS SUMMER!
In the
meanwhile, fall, the season of colors, including hues of blue and red this year, is fast coming.
And speaking of which:
"Then shall the fall further the flight in me" (George Herbert, Easter Wings.)
Maybe.
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| WEIRD |
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