Sunday,
September 25th, 2016
Burlington,
Ontario
The
Bend at The Lake
Jagannatha
Misra and I took a stroll along the northwest bend of Lake Ontario. We have been there before, and again and
again. It’s in his very
neighbourhood. The trail, which is edged
along the lake, also takes you past the historic Joseph Brant home.
Who
was he? Joseph Brant was actually a
Mohawk Chief who became the leader of the Six Nations. He was also a Christian. He fastened a policy onto his people saying
“unity and concord among themselves.”
The
year that the Olympic Summer Games came through with the mighty torch,
Jagannath and I were there at North Shore and Lake Shore when we accidentally
bumped into the runner, not physically, but we met at the same intersection.
At
the same time as the run, one of our couples from the Toronto community was
giving birth to their first child at the Joseph Brant Hospital. It was at this hospital that I was admitted
after a serious foot infection, a result from getting punctured by a dead
catfish on a beach in Guyana. I was on
my Guyanese cross-nation walk when this occurred.
These
are memories of this trail. It runs
right up the sandy beach where you are likely to find the occasional beachcomber. The air from the lake is invigorating—at
least the many geese think so.
Walking
in an area like this, with memories and history woven into it, makes it special
apart from nature’s blast of invigoration.
May
the Source be with you!
6
km
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