Winter Games
Going for pond glory
Woke up last night with a sweating sickness and thus have been convalescing on the couch all day taking the opportunity to catch up on a little winter Olympics. I think I've watched 4 or 5 hours of curling today which is the first time I've ever dedicated more than 20 minutes to watching the sport.
It sort of lures you in with its delicate intricacies - plans within plans, stones within stones. Plus Vic Rauter’s voice is strangely soothing.
Watching curling makes you feel Canadian and proud of it - in a way that watching olympic hockey is currently not doing.
Speaking of hockey, I spent the weekend down in the eastern townships on frozen Lake Memphramagog participating in the World Outdoor Hockey Championships. We finished the tourney with a .500 record 2-2-1 on the 3-days of hockey, so respectable but not enough to contend for les grande honores. Awesome tournament though and definitely something I could see becoming an annual event.
Tomorrow I’m off to Labrador for a few days then back to catch the tail end of the games. New galleries and a big announcement coming in the next few weeks so keep eyes on this space.