 |
| roses |
In church yesterday (it rained a lot), our priest asked us to pray for Croatia (FIFA World Cup Soccer), he has a sense of humour, guess where he is from?
I posted this entry last week by mistake, another post went off right after it that same day, so here it is again for those who missed it:
I came across this interesting story on author and bank robber Stephen Reid who passed away recently at age 68 of heart failure. This was another article with a few more details. Reid was a member of the Stopwatch Gang in the 70's and 80's. They stole millions in Canada and the US. They were named for a stopwatch Reid wore and were known for their quick robberies. He received a 20 year jail sentence. Susan Musgrave was a writer in residence at the University of Waterloo. While in prison Reid mailed her a manuscript for his novel 'Rabbit Parole' based on his life in the Stopwatch Gang.
"She read the manuscript, fell in love with the protagonist and married the author on October 12, 1986, while he was still in prison," Musgrave's website says. It became an award winning novel.
In 1987 he was paroled and the couple started a happy life on Vancouver Island with Musgrave and her daughter, having a 2nd daughter together. In 1999 drug addiction took a hold and he was caught in an attempted robbery. He had no idea why he did that. He got an 18 year sentence and was released in 2015. In 2013 while in prison he wrote 'A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden: Writing from Prison' and won the Butler Book Prize.
Well an interesting life to say the least.
