10-21-23 Bottling, Building, and Brent
I picked up Monica just before 11 and off we went to bottle 4 batches of wine. One for each of us and 2 to split. We had a fabulous time, catching up and getting it done. After we dropped hers off we headed to my place to unload. There was an extremely strong smell of gas so I called the emergency line again. The Fortis guy showed up in short order to discover the the hose connection on my side of the meter was damaged. As he had changed the regulator last week, he felt that one did not necessarily cause the other but he fixed it for free which was a blessing and again, I didn’t go boom!
Monica stayed for a couple hours to help me start building my carport and wow is it solid. I definitely got the good quality one I had hoped for. It has a few scratches that I am sure happened in transit as the three boxes were so heavy (glad I got free shipping from Wayfair) but I will touch it all up with the proper paint when it is done. We got a good start on it and recruited Tracey to come help us hopefully finish it off tomorrow as we both feel it will take three of us to get it together. I am so looking forward to my car not being covered in snow every morning and it will be good coverage for the jeep come next summer. Monica and I work well together and we called on all our girl power to get things done.
After I dropped her back home, I relaxed for a bit and then headed to Key City Theatre for ‘Walk me to the corner, an evening to celebrate Brent Carver’ I am so glad I got a ticket. I was blessed to have been the only non-family member at his family gathering when he passed during August of 2020, the height of Covid restrictions. I ran lights and sound for it and from the booth I was very moved. It took over three years to make tonight’s event happen and I wish everyone could have made time to be there. For a boy from Cranbrook to have soared to the heights of the Theatre world as he did is astonishing. The whole evening was top notch with film clips from producers and even Chita Rivera! Nora McLellan, currently in Son of A Critch, came and gave a beautiful tribute, sharing a funny story sent by a friend of theirs. Jim Cameron and Barry Coulter, two local actors gave the intros and did a spectacular job. It was all very impressive and well showcased Brent’s success on TV, in movies, at Stratford, in Toronto, on Broadway and in London. They had all his award out and I was gobsmacked. The Tony award was the most stunning, something he and Chita both received for Kiss of A Spiderwoman.
And my favourite pic of the day that I received by text, my kids in Vancouver together
triumphgal 