My Personal Tribute to Peter, Paul and Mary

Mary Travers died on September 16, 2009. R.I.P.

Even before Simon and Garfunkel, who were a huge influence on my musical preferences and guitar playing, there was "Peter, Paul and Mary". They were my first exposure to "modern" folk music when I heard them singing "Puff, the Magic Dragon" in my final year of high school (1963) while doing my homework at the dining room table. It was from their songbooks that I taught myself the basic guitar picking techniques that I still use today and that transformed my guitar playing pleasure from thrumma-thrum thrum thrum to plong-pling plingkity pling.

Ever since hearing the news of Mary Travers' passing, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" has been going through my head. May she rest in peace and be rewarded for not burying her talent.

Ingrid fractures her foot

Actually, this is hardly news considering as it happened about 10 days ago, but it does make for a dramatic headline, doesn't it? It happened while Jeroen, James and I were sight-seeing at Niagara Falls. Fortunately Judith was home. Ingrid slipped on the front stairs of our deck, landing heavily on her foot. It was only some hours later, as the pain increased, that Ingrid decided she should get her foot examined and phoned Mark, who works close by, to take her to the hospital.

Enjoy the photos of the intrepid wife and mother hard at work in her new office at Blue Door Shelters.

I have also posted a small album with some more photos from Luisa and Mark's wedding. These were taken at the church before and after the ceremony. None of the photos feature Mark or Luisa. As it happens, tomorrow (Thursday) is Mark's birthday. Happy birthday, Mark!

The Moomba Song - Lyrics

By popular demand Kwa-McCann brings you the lyrics of "The Moomba Song" as sung by the McCann Family Singers at Luisa and Mark's wedding reception.

Words by Ingrid "Moed" McCann

To the tune of Zulu Warrior

Moomba Song

Mark found his Moomba, Moomba, Moomba

Mark found his Moomba, Moomba Love. 2x

Hold your course you mighty captain,

Straight and fast you mighty chief, chief, chief, chief.

Here comes his Moomba, Moomba, Moomba

Here comes his Moomba, Moomba love. 2x

Then Mark met lovely Luisa,

Mark has found his wedding match, match, match, match.

Ayikhona Moomba, Moomba, Moomba

Ayikhona Moomba, Moomba love. 2x

One bright day, Luisa’s family,

Came to visit very brief, brief, brief.

Mark went boating with his Moomba,

Luisa’s heart was filled with grief, grief, grief, grief.

Mark chose his Moomba, Moomba, Moomba

Mark chose his Moomba over me.

Mark loves his Moomba, Moomba, Moomba

Mark loves his Moomba more than me.

Mark decided to do something,

He proposed for them to wed, wed, wed.

One romantic Saturday morning.

With rose petals in her bed, bed, bed, bed.

So…. Here comes the bride,

All dressed in white…

Slipped on a banana peel

And went for a ride.

A Trip to Niagara Falls

Tuesday was Jeroen's last full day. He, James and I made the trip out to Niagara Falls.