That is a Biblical name for a river. It is near Brantford, and was the location where Wayne Gretzky's father, Walter grew up. The original river is in Scotland, so I guess our southwestern Ontario river is named after it.
Walter died yesterday at the age of 82. He is known as Canada's hockey dad, as the world's hockey dad, and as the father of hockey's great one. He had a big impact on the social fabric of hockey. "Walter remained a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them."
From the Globe and Mail obituary:
Wayne recalled crying after his first year of hockey when he didn’t receive a trophy at the end of the season.
“Wayne, keep practicing and one day you’re going have so many trophies we’re not going to have room for them all,” his father said.
In 2010, Walter Gretzky carried the Olympic torch before the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Games in Vancouver, where Wayne lit the Olympic flame.
Walter answered a question: What’s it like being Wayne Gretzky’s dad?
”I say that mostly it’s been fantastic beyond my wildest dreams,” he wrote. ”It’s given me the chance to travel widely, meet amazing people and do things that I never would have had the opportunity to do otherwise. I love to tell stories, and believe me, these experiences have given me some good ones! It’s all been a great adventure, and I’ve been happy to share it with my family and friends.”
In 2010, Walter carried the Olympic torch on the last day of the Olympic relay in the lead-up to the opening ceremonies in Vancouver, where Wayne lit the Olympic flame.
My latest project is diptychs. Typically they are two panels, often rectangles. The abstract comes from the bottom of a boat being worked on at the Port Dalhousie boat club. This area has been closed for the last few years as they work on the pier at the lighthouse, making it safe again.
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