October 21, 2024

It was a beautiful memorial to John Kerry, an old friend, with a very helpful Family during their Funeral days.  I also remember the last birthday morning of his wife Marion, the Scottish Music Band marching down Elgin Street serenading her outside their home. 

John was one of the first people that I met on my first day of shopping in Almonte, August 1978. The only grocery store was right next door to his furniture store. 

We rented a house on the corner of Farm and Brae St, moving in on Saturday August 1st weekend; Sunday mid-day the toilet backed up, flowing down into the basement where we had stacked many good boxes. Luckily the Mayor lived right opposite, from where we had collected the keys to the house. Eventually it all turned out that the house had never been attached to the main sewer pipe on Farm St.. which was installed in 1930's! Old Mr. MacGregor, who lived on the other corner, told us that he always had the best vegetable garden and green grass!! 

This summer when Mill and Brae streets were dug up,  Christa Lowry literally happened to bump into me, so I took the opportunity to tell her the story; she was amazed and said "I have to make sure that this area is made absolutely safe." 

Quite another small story!