harmonica_man
ovenbird
Sometimes
on
my
walks
I
encounter
the
Harmonica
Man
,
and
he
never
fails
to
fill
me
with
delight
.
As
the
weather
warms
you
might
catch
a
glimpse
of
him
nonchalantly paddling
a
canoe
down
the
Fraser
River
, playing jaunty tunes
on
a
harmonica
with
his
dog
keeping
watch
from
the
stern.
I
often
wave
because
it
seems
right
to
greet
a
man
who
is
so
inextricable
from
the
landscape
and
makes
it
his
mission
to
remind
us
of
an
urgent
need
to
rest
and
be
steered
by
the
current.
He
strikes
me
as
quintessentially
Canadian
somehow
,
keeping
company
in
my
mind
with
that
old
animation
of
the
Log Driver's
Waltz
put
out
by
the
Canadian
Film
Board
in
1979.
I
suspect
the
log driver
and
Harmonica
Man
would
be
fast
friends
, bonding
over
their
mutual
love
of
free
flowing
rivers
and
shared
disdain
for
blackflies.
For
my
part
,
I
just
wave
and
listen
to
the
cheery
music
fading
away
as
the
river
sweeps
man
and
dog
and
canoe
and
harmonica
towards
to
Pacific
.
I
always
have
a
little
extra
spring
in
my
step
afterwards
as
my
faith
in
humanity
is
slightly restored.
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