Glenn Kubish

From up here on latitude 53, here are some things that made for some happiness and gratitude this past week.  Three Things, episode 101:                             1. Family reunion   On our way to share a Christmastime evening with musician friends, we crossed paths, in the lobby of their building, with Shelagh’s cousin. This happens routinely. Ninth of nine, with uncles and aunts with big families themselves, Shelagh reunites relatively often, impromptu-style, with her clan. One day we were walking in Ottawa, and there was Anna. We were out cycling near Beaumont, and there was Michael. Michael, the son of Mike, that is, the cousin of Michael, both Michaels the grand nephew of the late Michael—Michaels, and a Michaela, happen in Shelagh’s family, too. The Mike who is the father of Michael could have called his own uncle Michael Father, the latter being a Catholic priest. I’m now out too far on this limb, b...

This is my friend, George Campbell. I met him at a CTV Edmonton open house, and we've tried to stay in touch. Every now and then I meet him for a coffee, and he tells stories about the old, or not so old days.  George is a former telegraph operator. And that storytelling signal still runs through his blood. And in his eyes, especially at 0:39x. Here he's talking about the early morning on a train car in Fort Edmonton Park that he became a fan of Brad Pitt.