hockey and the Geminis

This morning Mike came over to our house for coffee and we sat around for a while gossiping about Wilno life in general and various village renovations projects in particular. Rumour has it that the Craft Gallery may be going up for sale shortly...even in a small place like this, change inevitably occurs. We've just gotten used to Lillian being gone! A quiet day in the village. A couple of lads in for take out and a few desultory shoppers. Finished cleaning the pantry shelves, rearranged the gift shop to allow for Father Christmas and the Nutcrackers and set up some better spotlighting. It's a grey day outside. One can see the beginning of hunting season with the appearance of old truck campers heading into the hills. Mother said that Benji shot a deer with his bow but they can't find it. A good night to go home early and watch the Sens take on Carolina. First time Martin Gerber will play against his old team. Living here in the valley means that one begins to look for activities to amuse one during the long dull winter days. Hockey was our passion when we were children...so why not regain an interest in that most Canadian of pastimes. And to think...the Geminis are on tv tonight also. Will it be Corner Gas, Red Green or the Air Farce which walks off with all the accolades? Such a bucolic nation! Perhaps Gordon Lightfoot will hand out a statuette...or even Ann Murray. Too bad Lorne Greene is no longer with us. Oh yes, and the great rivallry for newscaster of the year.....Count Floyd, or Peter Mansbridge or Kevin Newman or Guy Caballero.