Dedications:<\/p>\n
Shirley, This Is Love: for Shirley Haines-Alton, on the occasion of her marriage to her childhood sweetheart Howard Alton… at age 82!<\/p>\n
My Love\u2019s Beside Me: for my lovely wife, Sandra.<\/p>\n
Conrad\u2019s Mandolin: for Conrad Kipping, his optimism and great mandolin chops.<\/p>\n
Zeke Gets a \u201cD\u201d for Love: to Danyne Kerr and Zeke Mazurek. \u201cIt’s the first\u00a0time that I\u2019ve ever loved someone who has loved me back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeannie\u2019s Waltz: for my Mom, who so generously shares her musical and\u00a0culinary gifts.<\/p>\n
Minerva\u2019s Strathspey: to a young Minerva McCrimmon \u2013 nautical genius and\u00a0heroine of Prince Edward County.<\/p>\n
Air: Happy Birthday, Barb T.<\/p>\n
Thinking of Anna: for my Aunt Anna Salmoni.<\/p>\n
The Snowshoer\u2019s: inspired by the 1963 NFB documentary Attiuk, about the\u00a0Montagnais Indians, their drum and its role in the caribou hunt. Three cheers for the National Film Board.<\/p>\n
Many thanks to: Sandra for her love, support, and inspiration. Paul Mills for his ever-present musicality, technical expertise and encouragement. Norm Barker, you remain a GREAT engineer. Graham Metson for sharing his visions. Michelle Giardine for the use of her wonderful piano. Peter Banks and John Fletcher for their continued technical support. Marie-Lynn Hammond for proof reading. To my family and friends \u2013 LOVE to you, as always, Tom<\/p>\n
Cover design by Mary Alton. Cover painting (detail) by Graham Metson. Photos by Tom Leighton. Artist photo by Gary Taylor.
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Dedications: Shirley, This Is Love: for Shirley Haines-Alton, on the occasion of her marriage to her childhood sweetheart Howard Alton… at age 82! My Love\u2019s Beside Me: for my lovely wife, Sandra. Conrad\u2019s Mandolin: for Conrad Kipping, his optimism and great mandolin chops. Zeke Gets a \u201cD\u201d for Love: to Danyne Kerr and Zeke Mazurek. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":55,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/2028"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomleighton.info\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}