winced
      just
      a
      little
      at
      the
      way
      her
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      like
      a
      war.
      wince
      Showing
      at
     
     
      imprimatur
      cashed
      his
      check.
      She
      e
      e
     
    

    
     
      I
      spent
      the
      day
      lounging
      around
      stumbled
      if
      only
      a
      little
      and
      com-
      City
      Cinema
     
    

    
     
      here,
      and
      in
      Canoe
      Cove.
      The
      plained
      about
      the
      weather.
      this
      week
      ~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      music
      business
      was
      far
      from
      my
     
     
      mind
      and
      I
      thought
      almost
      nothing
     
     
      of
      Baba’s.
      Everyone
      is
      at
      the
      hip-
     
     
      hop
      show
      all
      Sunday
      afternoon.
      I
     
     
      am
      not
      going
      because
      I
      am
      not
      a
     
     
      big
      Buck
      65
      fan,
      and
      because
      of
      all
     
     
      the
      garlic.
      The
      thing
      to
      do
      now,
      pet,
     
     
      is
      to
      get
      Dorrell’s
      notes,
      and
      tran-
     
     
      scribe
      this
      pile
      of
      rubble
      before
      me.
     
     
      And
      see
      what
      time
      Windom
      Earle
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      playing.
     
     
      It
      is
      9:16
      pm.
     
     
      It
      is
      now
      2:30
      am.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      have
      been
      awake
      almost
      the
     
     
      entire
      weekend,
      and
      have,
      in
      fact,
     
     
      gained
      a
      new
      perspective:
      we
      are
     
     
      always
      half
      wrong.
      We
      looked
      into
     
     
      the
      spirit
      of
      this
      thing,
      felt
      for
      its
     
     
      soul.
      Maybe
      looked
      in
      the
      wrong
     
     
      places,
      asked
      the
      wrong
      questions
     
     
      (my
      God
      it
      is
      colder
      in
      here
      than
      a
     
     
      room
      has
      ever
      been).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      some
      reason,
      as
      I
      am
      writing
     
     
      this,
      my
      body
      has
      seized
      up
      with
     
     
      absolute
      chill.
      Once
      a
      decade
      kind
     
     
      of
      wickedness.
      I
      am
      typing
      right
     
     
      next
      to
      a
      window.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      streets
      of
      Charlottetown
      are
     
     
      quiet
      again.
      And
      the
      cold
      is
      back
      in
     
     
      charge.
      Anne
      Murray
      knows
      who
     
     
      runs
      things
      in
      PEI
      around
      February,
     
     
      and
      wondered
      why
      the
      show
      was
     
     
      not
      held
      in
      “any”
      other:
      month.
     
     
      Anne
      Murray
      taught
      elementary
     
     
      school
      in
      PEI
      before
      “giving
      show
     
     
      business
      a
      try.”
      In
      her
      speech,
      she
     
     
      referred
      to
      the
      staggering
      amount
     
     
      of
      connections
      she
      has
      in
      her
      musi-
     
     
      cal
      past
      with
      PEI:
      she
      made
      all
      her
     
    
   
   
    
     
      And
      if
      Anne
      were
      here
      right
      now,
      I
     
     
      would
      ask
      her
      about
      Spring
      Hill,
     
     
      and
      the
      town
      right
      next
      door,
      and
      if
     
     
      she
      ever
      saw
      the
      cliffs
      in
      Joggins
     
     
      where
      my
      mother
      was
      born.
      And
      I
     
     
      would
      tell
      her,
      time
      permitting,
     
     
      about
      my
      odyssey,
      from
      Vancouver
     
     
      to
      here.
      And
      I
      would
      not
      ask
      her
      a
     
     
      thing
      about
      the
      ECMAs,
      or
      Much
     
     
      Music,
      and
      I
      would
      not
      ask
      her
     
     
      about
      soul,
      and
      I
      would
      definitely
     
     
      not
      mention
      money.
      I
      would
      smile
     
     
      and
      say,
      “here
      is
      a
      CD
      from
      a
      Cape
     
     
      Breton
      band
      called
      The
      Rudy
     
     
      Huxtable
      Project,
      who
      played
      twice
     
     
      in
      four
      hours
      at
      the
      The
      Cadre
      and
     
     
      Reverb’s
      Alter-Cases
      at
      Brennan’s,
     
     
      and
      blew
      me
      away.
      They
      are
      in
     
     
      high
      school.”
      And
      I
      would
      tell
      her
     
     
      how
      they
      brought
      32
      CDs,
      all
      with
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hand-painted
      covers,
      and
      a
      person-
      ~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      al
      letter
      in
      lieu
      of
      insert.
      And
      I
     
     
      would
      say
      I
      thought
      they
      were
      bril-
     
     
      liant,
      and
      they
      have
      a
      song
      called
     
     
      “nineteen8d7,”
      which,
      when
      you
     
     
      think
      about
      it,
      is
      about
      as
      good
      a
     
     
      song
      a
      band
      with
      any
      name
      could
     
     
      have,
      and
      how
      good
      a
      name
      is
      The
     
     
      Rudy
      Huxtable
      Project?
      And
      where
     
     
      was
      she
      before
      here,
      and
      how
      does
     
     
      it
      feel
      to
      be
      home,
      and
      ask
      her
      if
      she
     
     
      wanted
      to
      know
      why
      I
      was
      wearing
     
     
      an
      eye
      patch.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      changes
      here,
      or
      so
      it
      would
      seem.
     
     
      “Snowbird”,
      perhaps
      her
      most
      pop-
     
     
      ular
      song
      was
      written
      by
      Gene
     
     
      MacLellan.
      who
      lived
      in
      PEI,
      and
     
     
      committed
      suicide
      in
      Summerside.
     
     
      And
      though
      she
      did
      not
      say
      it,
      she
      2:54
      am
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8:00
      saturday,
      february
      24th
     
    
   
   
    
     
      @
      the
      Arts
      Guild
      (111
      queen,
     
     
      Mee
      MGs
      vi
     
    
   
   
    
     
      5
      a
      a
     
     
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