I went for a blood test in a downtown lab. Great walk! I paced through the neighborhood frequented by the famous impressionist artists, the Group of Seven, to make it to the lab. There I met an amiable woman, an Afro-Canadian.
“My name is Aretha,” she said.
“Oh! As in Franklin?” I thought, Of course, she was named after her.
“After the vocalist, yes.” She said.
“That gal was the best. She had an incredible voice.”
This Aretha made a remark about my attire, the colour, and how she especially appr