sad news came down the wire today, my uncle dan who i lived with in montreal died.
he was a big guy who loved laughter and was always happy, even when we were driving to quebec city and the car caught fire, he just kept on driving while the flames licked at our feet, he laughed and cracked jokes, eventually pulling over when we hit the city. yeah dan was a great personality, a laid back guy with a love for literature.
sometimes i get home and sit in the basement with him and his wife, my aunt joan who is a proffessor and we would read our books in silence until dan would suddenly jump up and suggest we get a pizza as it was gone midnight. we had sat in that room, the tree of us reading as time passed us by.
vale dan, with your brilliant smile and spirit, you were an uncle who was larger than life and you stuck with me for 40 years as a great and happy memory and i guess you will be there for the next forty.