On a day in late October,Summer summered one last time,So I imagined I was back thereIn that good old summertime.The sun was bold, the air so still,The sky a cloudless blue.Blowflies darted door to doorAs if the world was new. “Come out and play,” the blowflies chittered,So I followed them outside.I drank the golden cup […]
Nope, that’s not the eloquence of legendary broadcaster, Danny Gallivan, describing countless Montreal Canadiens goals back in the day. It was my friend, ‘Mouthpiece Joey’ Mombourquette, doing play-by-play for our winter road hockey of yesteryear. Played on a flat slice of our dead-end street, sandwiched between a hill going up and a hill going down, […]