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estate across from my house —
just a plain board home, we'd
call it back in my Ontario
homeland — is being subdi-
vided, and, alas, some of. its

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towering trees doubtless will
come down.

That, supposedly, by the
lights of some people, will
“improve” our view. We hold
the belief that the trees are the
view, and the view needs na

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improvement. We can see
glimpses of the water through
the trees on our tot and
beyond, and it’s my firm opin-
ion that this dappled view of
leaf and sea is better than a
clear sea view for at least 250
daysa year in this often pewter-
colored climate.

We are far enough “our”
that I speak of going “to
town,” meaning the five or six
miles to Dundarave or
Ambleside. We tend to keep
our distance from Vancouver
on the weekends. Our own
immediate neighborhood is
just fine, .Caulfeild Mall
remote but minutes away,
favorite restaurants like Chesa,
Pat’s and La Toque Blanche all
we need for better occasions,
Ken’s on Bellevue around the
corner from the liquor store a
Saturday night favorite for
take-out Chinese food. We
perhaps flack only a broader
variety of fast-food and ethnic
restaurants close at hand, The
North Shore is one of the most

blessed spots on earth.

Ir sounds like a rather
parochial life, doesn’t it? It is,
But for a touch of jatelligent
conversation and vicarious cos-
mopolitanism, I frequently
meet Dr. Murray Newman in
Lighthouse Park, out for his
morning constitutional. He
walks every day to exactly the
same lookout, gazes across the
water with the distant skyline
of Vancouver beyond, and
reflects on the meaning of life
- aloud, if E happen to be with
him.

Recently Dro Newman,
who of course is the retired
director of the Vancouver
Aquarium, attended the fourth
International Aquarium Con-
gress in Tokyo, and was the
very first in the lineup of 55
distinguished attendees to
meet the Emperor of Japan at
the Imperial Palace.

Now, if that isn’t a window
on the great and mighty world
beyond tranquil Tiddlycove, |

den’t know what is.

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