Over Christmas I decided to drive 'home' to Prince Edward Island . I'd spent many years of my youth there and my best friend Freda and her family still reside on the Island. I began out of Buffalo and immediately crossed over The Peace Bridge, heading for Toronto, to spend the night with some official Canuck friends, Theresa and Barry. This leg of the trip I can do with my eyes closed. My car is a 1996 Toyota Corolla with 211 thousand miles on it. I have good simpatico with this car and felt sure that it had one more long trip in its engine and I was not wrong. It took me there and back safely. At present its spleen is on the driveway outside my home but that car purrs when it is used for the long haul. After leaving Toronto I headed for Old Quebec via Montreal. For some 30 years I have been in written correspondence with Sister Georgina Doiron, a retired sister, whose father lived in our community of South Rustico (now known as Cymbria) when I was a wee one. She and I b...
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