Stratford/Saint Mary’s
Shakespeare Asleep
Jay Gopal, a resident of Stratford in Canada, pointed to the new $100 million theatre that just recently had to close up without ever opening its doors, because Covid-19 muscled its way in. This edifice, along with other live theatre halls in town, have been vacant for months now. “The show must go on!” Doesn’t apply here, and in most other places were thespian talents of a world-class nature are staged. It’s a shame. Shakespeare has been put to sleep.
Jay Gopal drove Karuna and me to Wildwood Conservation Area, where we took advantage of the trails. Aspects of nature to admire at this time of year include blue jays, squirrels, mushrooms and plenty of varied trees. Humans on the trail were countable. It was mostly our group of three, each with meditation beads in our bags, wrapped loosely around our wrists.
We went into town, St. Mary’s, met Gabriel, an avid reader of the book Bhagavatam, and walked the trestle constructed over the Thames. The pathway was formally the Grand Trunk Railway. St. Mary’s is a new place for me. I’ve never walked it and only know of one couple, Henry and Cindy, who hail from there.
The Quality Inn there is owned by Jay Gopal, who treated us to Indian-style pizza. We are grateful to Jay Gopal’s hospitality and who accompanied us to two families’ households, who are interested to learn of a higher consciousness. We offered a message to these families that, despite the monstrous moves by the virus that everyone has come to know, we must carefully and safely forge ahead with doses of bhakti (devotion).
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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