Lögberg-Heimskringla - 16.05.1986, Blaðsíða 6
6-WINNIPEG, FOSTLJDAGIJR 16. MAI 1986
Tales of Travels
Continued from Page 5.
on the lake, the cultural events they
attended, dances, and so on. Laura
told some wonderful stories about
the fishermen in Riverton as they at-
tempted to take off to the lake. Soon,
old photographs were dug up (one ap-
pears in this week's issue) and each
one carefully explained. Sam and
Laura have some marvellous collec-
tions of photos, old Icelandic
magazines, books, etc. I probably
could have spent hours looking,
reading and listening, but again time
went by fast. Rose had taken her son
Helgi home quite some time ago and
Gunnar and I were thinking of walk-
ing back. Gunnar must have heard
their stories before because he had
drifted away, his eyes closed; yet he
wasn't so far, because whenever
something funny was said, he would
join in the laughter. Finally, the mo-
ment of departure arrived. It did not
Iook too friendly to me. Maybe we
overdid it tonight, I thought. Or
maybe it looked that way to me
because I really did not want this
wonderful evening to end. Anyhow,
Gunnar and I went home.
It was 7:00 a.m. when I awoke.
Gunnar and I were going to church
this morning. Gunnar belongs to a
Unitarian congregation in Edmonton
and is quite involved. As I had never
attended a service in a Unitarian
church, I decided to join him.
"Góðan daginn," Gunnar said,
"kaffið er tilbúið." Although I had
promised him I'd speak much Icelan-
dic around the house, I must be
blamed for neglecting my duties
somewhat. But he was determined to
practice his Icelandic, and so he did.
He went about his business that
morning quietly, but obviously
knowing what he was doing. Gunnar
was in charge of the music at the
church this morning, and even
though he had done that before, he
was not taking his task lightly. I
looked through the newspaper. The
Winnipeg Jets were eliminated by
Calgary; the Oilers defeated the
Canucks; and Dan Halldorson had a
decent second round of golf
somewhere in the states.
People were already gathering in-
side the church when we got there.
Gunnar immediately went to work
while I studied the building and chat-
ted with some of the people. I
thought back to Lágafellskirkja (my
hometown church in Iceland) and the
solemnity that always existed. I
recalled how terrible I felt one Sun-
day when I, as a boy, could not help
myself from laughing uncontrollably
during the service. A neighborhood
farmer tended to fall asleep and
mumble to himself or snore or make
other funny noises, much to the
embarrassment of his wife. That par-
ticular Sunday he was hilarious. I and
three of my friends sat right in front
of them so we could hear every
word. She whispered, "Óli, Óli,
vaknaðu,” (wake up). Óli kept on
mumbling. "Óli (a quick elbow)
vaknaðu maður." This time Oli
stirred. He asked, "Hvað með beljur-
nar? (what about the cows?)” He did
not whisper. This was way too much
for us. We burst out laughing, yet all
knowing that what we were doing
was not right. No one laughs in
church, or at least the adults never
did, so it had to be wrong. Religion
is a serious matter. Here in this
church in Edmonton, however, peo-
ple were friendly and laughing very
openly. And they laughed at the fun-
ny stories the priest told us that
morning.
This was my last day of the visit to
Alberta. Gunnar had phoned friends
of his (the Snidal's) and they greeted
us at their home shortly after. Stanley
Snidal and his wife, Ada, (Thorgrim-
sson) have lived in Edmonton for
some time, but prior to that they
lived in Winnipeg. Ada is the
daughter of the late Heimir
Thorgrimsson and his wife, Laufey,
who passed away late last year.
Heimir needs no introduction. His
contributions to the Icelandic com-
munity were many and vaiuable.
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at his home and does an admirable
job. We chatted for awhile, but again
time prevented a long stay. Stan pre-
sented me with a smoked trout to
take home. We shook hands and
Gunnar and I were on our way. Gun-
nar was in a hurry; he was going to
sell his car that afternoon.
As we drove home (I was referring
to their house as "home", because it
felt like that), the sun peaked through
the clouds, yet not succeeding. Snow
was still on the ground and the
breeze was chilly. Not in Winnipeg,
I comforted myself, thinking of sun-
ny skies, barbecues, green grass, and
so on.
Rose had made some exceilent
kæfa the day before and she prepared
my last meal in her home (for
awhile). I was leaving. I don’t like
goodbyes because they seem to end
things so abruptly. And, after being
treated so royally (spoiled) for a few
days and meeting such wonderful
*people and having a marvellous time,
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had nothing'much to say, but I guess
we were both recalling events of the
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