Anne and I had a nice day up in Midland & Penetanguishine yesterday with my parents. We were celebrating Mum’s birthday with a nice day out cross-country skiing in Awenda park. We covered a lot<\/i> of ground — about as much as the two days of our previous ski weekend combined. 16km! We then had a great dinner out at the Riv Bistro in Midland, a very nice greek restaurant, and then Anne and I set off back to Toronto. It probably wasn’t very wise, as we got caught in a major snowstorm. The roads were terrible, and we were crawling down the 400 at, maximum, 60 km\/h. We weren’t alone on the roads. As well as the other travellers, we passed several spin-outs, but with a small, low-traction car I wasn’t about to play good Samaritan and get stuck. We made it back in about 4 hours instead of the two it took us to get up, but we made it down safely.<\/p>\n
Today marks the first day for the Usual Suspects dinners restarting. It’s been a good 6 weeks since our last dinner. It’ll be great to see the gang.<\/p>\n
Tuesday last week was the Shrove Tuesday party at Calvin. The smell of pancakes wafted down the road to Yonge Street and gave me a great appetite. But the best part of the evening was the entertainment: we had a series of choir members & others in the congregation perform a wonderful mix of comic solos, instrument numbers, and more serious Art pieces. I was part of a barbershop quintet backing up Karen in a piece from “the Music Man”, which went way better in performance than in rehearsal. (Whew!)<\/p>\n
Anne and I are both recovering from colds, and with another cold wintery day today we’re both looking forward to spring. I’ve had a number of invites to go down to New York and visit people — thanks, everyone! — and we’re going to plan a trip as soon as it warms up a bit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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