As Im sure it is with most small and smaller towns, I see people I know on the street, and in the bakery and at the health clinic…etc and that is where a lot of tasks get completed; discussions on the main street of town, which are a good thing to be able to do, particularly when everyone is so busy during the summer.
Due to the various events and projects I do, I also have an on-going “to-do” list when I go to Kaslo or Nelson. Town lists are a must in our house, where it may be a few weeks or more between trips “down the lake”.
As I had JUST completed the binder with the collection of stamps which will be given to Touchstones Museum in Nelson, I was of course musing (as I drove to Nelson on my way to the airport this morning) over whether or not I had missed any information and if I got all the dates correct or not, etc. One doesnt want to get historic fact wrong, when presenting something (about local history) to a museum.
As I rounded the corner to head down to the “Evil Empire”
(yes on occasion even I shop there…) at the mall, I saw out of the corner of my eye, a familiar face – ah ha! the curator of the Touchstones Museum. Perfect! I could way lay her and arrange a time and date to present the stamp collection to her.
She crossed just in front of me and headed down a short cut to the parking lot behind the mall. I screeched around the corner, drove by her in order to park,(waving as I did so) and leapt out of the car.
Shawn! I called; Shawn, Shawn!.
Im sure she has lived here a long time and knows when to ignore half crazed people yelling her name. And she did. (Im hoping she just didnt hear me.!… ) . She took a different route and headed to the front of the mall.
Back into the car I got, and drove around the front, just as she was going in the entrance. Parking again, I ran in….and could not find her anywhere. Vaporized. And its not that big of a mall….
Oh well, the best laid plans sometimes go awry. All this to save myself time in trying to phone her.
Guess I will have to put that task back on the list for the next time I have a minute. Dern!
Off to Pemberton for a day or two. more soon.chrs,DB