BRIDGE

Upon returning from a business retreat in Montreal, I copied all the pictures I took while there.

Most of the photos were, not of the meeting, but of our treks into Montreal itself.

We took a boat trip just before the sun set -saw the locks to the canals, the famous housing complex from a world's fair, travelled into the rapids,  into the yacht club where we saw an urban human-made beach and the clock tower which used to be a light house, and then a skyline view of a replica of the Empire State Building, and many more historical sites.

The guide was a high energy young woman with a wry sense of humor which she used masterfully to keep our attention.

I was most enamored with the bridge. At its tips were miniature Eiffel towers.

But, the image of a bridge and the notion of a bridge stays with me, along with the delicious chocolate from a patisserie and our trip to the Basilica on Mont Royale.

A bridge is such a necessary element of being in community today, especially when a whole city is an island..