Thank you to ...
Susan Snow & Wade Howie and Olivia who rescued me in the initial crisis and twice provided shelter for me (and Sean) at their home in The Beaches area of Toronto...
Frank Baker and his daughter Cindy for their warm hospitality in Lowell, Massachusetts, and to Mac Murray of Hopedale, Massachusetts for introducing me to them;
Ed Farley for his guidance and help in Lowell;
John & Jill Gilbert in Brooklyn, New York for their warm welcome and hospitality, and to John's niece, Diane Hill for putting us in touch;
Frank & Debby Fortkamp in Brunswick, Maryland for their hospitality and arranging transport for Sean and myself to get to Washington D.C. on the day of Barak Obama's Inauguration;
Brother Paul Quenon and the monks at Gethsemani Monastery in Kentucky for enabling our visit there;
Diana Boylston and Wesley Clark for their forbearance (we arrived after 2 a.m.) and warm hospitality in New Orleans and for helping us find William Burroughs' house in Algiers, also for introducing us to "Jane" who ensured we didn't get lost again ... or when we did she "recalculated!"; thank you to Diana's uncle, Jonathan Montaldo, for introducing us to them;
Misty & Brian Hopper in Austin, Texas for their warm hospitality late in the night and to Christie Manners for putting us in contact with them;
Ed & Penny Moul in Palm Desert, California for providing a port in a storm at no notice and for their safe haven and warm hospitality as I/we passed back and forth through the valley of the windmills;
David & Anne-Ly Crump for their warm hospitality at the end of the road in Montara, California (just south of San Francisco);
the monks at the New Camaldoli Hermitage at Big Sur;
Robert & Linda Inchausti for their warm hospitality and stimulating conversation (as ever) in San Luis Obispo, California;
Sisters Rita, Genny & Jacqueline at Desert House of Prayer near Tucson, Arizona;
David Omick & Pearl Mast and Daniel Baker of the Cascabel Hermitage Association in Arizona for making an exceptional retreat possible at very short notice.
I am also grateful to Sean Robertshaw for being my travelling companion and co-driver along the road;
The Wardens and Parish of St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church, West Vancouver for bearing with all this sabbatical business;
Emilie Smith for providing cover in my absence;
and most of all to my wife, Christine, for this gift of this time on the road.
Thank you to everyone who has read this Blog and to those of you who have expressed your encouragement and support through your comments.
2 comments:
And thank you Angus and Christine for transporting all of us into a magical and spiritual space for the last four months.
Chris + Mary
Hi Angus, I figured that you and Christine must be nearby on this last part of the trip. I'm still in Oregon but should be in Victoria in a day or so. I will be in Vancouver a week or 10 days after that and will try to time it so I can attend your church on the Sunday. I'll be staying with the friend in North Van who first told me about your blog. Cheers, Elizabeth
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