Ken Dryden at WritersFest

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In addition to his work in the House, he's also written the occasional book. His latest being Becoming Canada. I happened to be at the NAC at noon today to watch him promote both the book and a discussion that I suspect was already underway before he began researching it: what might we do if we dare imagine ourselves able to do it?

The photos - the ones I consider best of the lot - are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/sets/72157625206059874/

More anon on this and other topics...

Comments

[liabrown]

Hey, cool. His daughter was in my class all throughout elementary school (and his son was in my sister's class), so I remember him well.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Had I known that and confirmed your comfort level with the idea, I might have passed your greetings onward!

[liabrown]

Heh :) Noooo idea if he'd rememember me...I don't want to even think about how many years it's been, lest I feel older than usual :>

Don't know if this link on FB will work, but here's one of my old class photos:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=8076430452&set=t.704100538

I'm the dork at the extreme bottom left; his daughter Sarah is the red-haired girl in the top row.

[emperorkefka.livejournal.com]

Heh, cool. I actually dated his niece back in Victoria for three years. I never met Ken, but I met his brother Dave. Too bad I am not a hockey fan :)

Based on this?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I am now beginning to think that in Canada, degrees of separation between any "normal" person and random celebrities may be safely reduced from six to three. Possibly two.

Re: Based on this?

[emperorkefka.livejournal.com]

Heh, I also had a relative (a brother of my grandfather I believe) once tell me that I was somehow related to two of the members of Crash Test Dummies. Too bad I don't really care for their music (nor have I ever met them) :)

Musical sidebar

[dewline.livejournal.com]

They've had a couple of tunes I like over the years. Not sure that I'd buy entire albums' worth of their work yet.

[coneycat.livejournal.com]

Very cool photos!

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Thank you!