Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, Canadian style. I’m grateful for so much, like a great chiropractor, the opportunity to write, and a talent for learning languages—first Spanish, and now French. The study of the latter is an effort to replace, or at least abate, my fear of perhaps not playing hockey again.
Below is an excerpt of my first assignment "en la cours de français," my first foray into introducing myself to francophones.
Salut, mes amis. Je m’appelle Jim, mais ma famille et mes amis de hockey m’appellent Jimmy. Tout le monde pense que je suis Canadien. Je viens de Colorado—ou trois de mes quatre frères et mon papa habitent—mais je habite avec ma femme à Maynard. Je étudie le français parce que deux de mes amis de hockey parlent français, j’aime bien la musique de Céline Dion, y parce que ma femme et moi voyageons souvent a Canada. Nous adorons la Ville de Québec. Nous ne somme pas fans de l’équipe de hockey de Montréal, mais j’aime bien Patrice Bergeron, qui vient de Québec et qui joue pour les Bruins de Boston. Nous aimons les Bruins et le entraîneur, Claude Julien.
J’adore aussi lire les livres de Jacques Falla, Frank Delaney et George Plimpton; écouter et chanter la musique de les artistes canadiens comment Great Big Sea, Bryan Adams, y Les Ténors Canadiens; manger les beignes les démanche; et écrire de tout ces expériences.
Un de ces jours j’aimerais publier mon mémoire, Gloire AMHL: Une Passion pour le Hockey du Matin (et Beignes); écrire autres livres, et voyager à Nouveau Zélande—bien que ils ne pas parlent français allé.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Gratitude and Latitude
Before the AMHL Photographer and I leave the Lower 48 to cross the 49th parallel (another mission), I recall the last dozen days or so and count my blessings.
1. The Dunkin’ Donuts in Weymouth, MA, where you can listen to a Buddy Holly song, make a call from a pay phone, and enjoy donuts baked on the premises.
2. John Van Boxmeer and Randy Pierce, Colorado Rockies—once and forever—who celebrated birthdays.
3. The Boston Bruins, who have won three straight (before tonight’s game against the Minnesota Wild).
4. Patrice Bergeron: How does he know where the opponent is going to pass the puck just before the opponent does?
5. My local Shaw’s Supermarket, where they play great hockey songs like Kelly Clarkson’s “Breakaway”.
6. My iPod and Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration”, which always brings me back to about 1984 because that song was played after the North Stars scored at the Met Center. Good times.
7. Kenny “Kiss Fan” Tarr, who let me score two goals on about forty shots .
8. Challenges, for they serve as the platform of spiritual growth .
9. The Boston Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont, whose work I follow (religiously) every Sunday morning.
10. Puck Daddy’s series of stories celebrating hockey’s greatness.
11. The leather Colorado Eagles jacket, which reminds me of Mike Chase, that my mom and dad gave me a few years ago.
12. Former (and hopefully future) AMHLer Mike Schneider and his commitment to November—I mean Movember.
The happiest of Thanksgivings to all--a bientot mes amis.
1. The Dunkin’ Donuts in Weymouth, MA, where you can listen to a Buddy Holly song, make a call from a pay phone, and enjoy donuts baked on the premises.
2. John Van Boxmeer and Randy Pierce, Colorado Rockies—once and forever—who celebrated birthdays.
3. The Boston Bruins, who have won three straight (before tonight’s game against the Minnesota Wild).
4. Patrice Bergeron: How does he know where the opponent is going to pass the puck just before the opponent does?
5. My local Shaw’s Supermarket, where they play great hockey songs like Kelly Clarkson’s “Breakaway”.
6. My iPod and Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration”, which always brings me back to about 1984 because that song was played after the North Stars scored at the Met Center. Good times.
7. Kenny “Kiss Fan” Tarr, who let me score two goals on about forty shots .
8. Challenges, for they serve as the platform of spiritual growth .
9. The Boston Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont, whose work I follow (religiously) every Sunday morning.
10. Puck Daddy’s series of stories celebrating hockey’s greatness.
11. The leather Colorado Eagles jacket, which reminds me of Mike Chase, that my mom and dad gave me a few years ago.
12. Former (and hopefully future) AMHLer Mike Schneider and his commitment to November—I mean Movember.
The happiest of Thanksgivings to all--a bientot mes amis.
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