Before you start raising bail relax, it’s not as bad as it sounds. Sometimes we writers just like to grab your attention.
We have many local Inuit children who come to Baha’i House in Iqaluit for Arts & Crafts classes and sometimes just to visit with us and have a snack. Our housemate, Julie Gardner, is a Grade 8 teacher in the middle school here and thought it a good idea that the custodians of Baha’i House take up the practice of having a police check. We agreed so, off to the RCMP shop we went.
Iqaluit's RCMP building with an Innukshuk made from metal.
It’s quite a hike for me but not for Michael, not to mention that the journey takes us into unpaved roads that raise a lot of dust so, off I go in a cab and end up in a conversation with the cab driver about what brought us to Iqaluit. He was visibly excited to learn I was a Baha’i and wanted to know more about it. Any Baha’i reading this just started to tingle. We love being asked about our Faith. I reached into my bag to give him one of my cards so I could write the number of Baha’i House on the back while voicing my concern about not having a pen. I pulled out my card case and a little pen happened to come out with it. “Oh”, my cabby said, “I think God works with you”. The Baha’is are tingling again. He was an interesting fellow with a fascinating story, I do hope he makes contact.
On the way to the Cop Shop Michael had to get a certified cheque in the amount of $50 to pay to be fingerprinted. As it turned out he was called to do this because of his birthdate and not because of his name. When they ran the check on him his birth day comes up as suspect. My application passed without the added expense but, he got to tour the inside of RCMP headquarters. Lucky him. Yes, an expensive tour but, he liked seeing the holding tank. We now await the call that his fingerprints checked out okay.
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A big thank you goes out to the editor of Erin’s newspaper, The Advocate. One of my Erin friends forwarded a piece Joan Murray wrote about my adventures in the north. I was truly moved by how Joan complimented the writing in my columns that appeared in the paper for ten and a half years. “… unfailingly thoughtful, humourous, touching and informative”. I’m aiming for that kind of writing in my blog posts so, please, rattle my chain if I fall short.
Joan also mentioned my Baha’i Faith which, again, got me tingling. It turns out the best way I can teach about my Faith in Erin is to leave town … hmmm!
One final little snippet. We finally made it to the Grind & Brew which is only two doors east of Baha’i House. They are reputed to have the best pizza in Iqaluit. Oh, my, their reputation stands. Delicious! We had the Grind & Brew special. Next time we’re going for the Char pizza. Yes, it IS expensive to eat out however, it was doubly expensive last night. Apparently the best way to buy local arts and crafts is to sit in a restaurant and the locals offer you a better price than you might pay for in a store. I’m delighted with what we bought and am happy to know my hands will never be cold again whether here, or in Ontario.
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