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“Ms. Washington?”
“Yes?”
“Herb Brown is here to see you.”
I thought I was supposed to be at
some event that slipped my mind. I went
to the lobby to find a gentleman in his late sixties, early seventies standing in
the lobby.
“Hi! I heard you on the radio this morning. Wondering if you’d like to come and see my
art gallery.”
I said, “Sure.” Went back in the room, changed, went with
this total stranger in his truck with no more information than that.
I spent the remainder of the morning and early afternoon in Birches Gallery with Herb Brown, the proprietor, who knows lots about the people both
native and immigrant in the Happy Valley Goose Bay area of Labrador, Canada.
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| Sedna |
I learned about Sedna, the maiden
who married a shaman without realizing it.
When she tried to hide from her new husband in her father’s boat, a wind
came up threatening to capsize the craft and drown both father and son as well as Sedna. They pitched the girl into the river. She held on to the side of the boat and they
cut off her fingers. She fell into the
water and became a seal. Her fingers
became all of the fish that the people eat to survive. She is mother of all the food of the rivers
that sustain the people.
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| Inukshuk |
I learned what an ‘Inukshuk’ was and will be on the look out for them for the rest of my stay in Canada.
The art was fascinating. The company was wonderful.
He served me moose stew with garden
carrots and potatoes, wild rice and stewed Moose. I told him I’d never had Partridge Berries
and he produced some Partridge Berry jam, which I ate with cheese toast.
The art was fascinating. The company was wonderful.
He dropped me back at the hotel and
informed me he was looking forward to the show.
Best adventure after throwing caution to the wind and following a stranger
whilst in the midst of watching a serial killer move ever!
Oh! I've decided to write a children's book entitled Moose Stew and Partridge Berry Jam. What's it about? I have no idea, but that is the title!
Happy Adventuring!
