The traveling guitar, piano stool, and “secretary”

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After the guitar was safely in hand, we continued our trip/ vacation around the coast of Newfoundland. We were on the way to visit a friend now I have met somewhere in Prince Edward Island. I do not remember the details of meeting this girl, but I know that she was as seriously into “Christianity” as I was at that time. Both of us were what you would have called, “Jesus freaks”. She lived in a small out port by the name of Brigus. They had invited us for tea.

So, after picking up the guitar, we left downtown St. John ’s and began the trip to the out port for tea. On the way, we decided it was appropriate to have some lunch, so we stopped at a roadside snack bar which was selling fresh fish and other delicacies from the ocean! A very delicious lunch. On the way from there, we picked up a few hitchhikers. We arrived at the appointed time for our tea, only to find that tea in Newfoundland is often a full course meal! Such is life! We ate and ate and ate.

We had a lovely visit, I chatted a lot with my friend, and discovered that the feelings we may have had in Charlottetown several months earlier had some conference or other, did not stand the test of time! That too, is life. So, no hard/heart feelings, and away we went.

Back in town, St. John’s, we visited the arts and culture center. [It turns out that Sheila actually work in the arts and culture center the summer that we were visiting Newfoundland, and that she worked there as a receptionist/greeter, and that we may in fact have actually met her at that time. That particular bit of information is very hard to confirm.]

What is the difference between a good automobile, and a good guitar? A good car will get you from one place to another just as quickly as not so good,. It’s true you may be more comfortable in the good car, but from the transportation point of view, both will get to where you want to go. However, a good guitar is definitely not the same as a not so good guitar, and the difference between a not so good guitar and a really good guitar is quite substantial. There has to be some reason why not so good for cost 50 to $70.00, and really good guitars can totally empty your bank account! However, you can be lucky! And lucky I was when we picked up my Gibson for $200.

So returning Charlottetown, I was now the proud owner of the really good guitar.