my father's funeral was very beautiful, beloved calgarian art smith gave his eulogy and i gave mine...the red ensign and the maple leaf flags stood beside the coffin in calgary's cathedral church of the redeemer. alberta's former premier peter lougheed attended both the service and reception, and asked me for a copy of my eulogy (if anyone would like to see this, just email me privately)... at Queens' Park Cemetary, the casket was lowered into the vault on a lovely sunshiney afternoon, while one of my best friends, rick flaumitsch, in full firefighters' dress uniform (including his distinguished service medal, given to him by canada's governor-general), saluted. I too saluted like a true commissionaire (and like john john kennedy!)...
it was a delight to hear kakki and steven's report on meeting with joni, and it couldn't have come at a better time for the list, and of course for me personally...it was as if joni directed me and many of us back to why this list came into being... and kudos for the discrete way you both relayed your visit... i have thought about music favorites; they would include annie lennox's diva and medusa, joni's don juan's reckless daughter and hejira, brian wilson and the beach boys' pet sounds and surf's up, the beatles sgt pepper's and abbey road, paul's first 'cherries' solo album and ram, and selections from yes, supertramp, sting, willie and kris, u2, oh the list is endless and i'm too tired to trim it down! finally, i still keep up with the present crisis; the yale daily news has an interesting article on gary hart's work on security that had been going on in the hart-rudman commission, which eerilily warned of the kind of tragedy which took place sept. 11 and which also has ongoing recommendations: http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=16369 again i want to thank all of you for your support during this major transition time for my life... the first time a parent, or any one in my immediate family passed on... ex-security officer 'clint', with a divorcee's stack of dirty dishes reporting, shane
