Early in my Halifax Cable Community Channel career as a producer I was approached by two individuals who wanted to do a weekly talk show with writers. The show was to be called East Coast Authors. That title would only last a year when it became obvious that we had a great many opportunities to interview National and International authors. Of course East Coast writers would be a main focus but when a writer from "away" came knocking we opened the door.
And that is what I mean by application. If those two people did not walk through the door that day I would not have had the opportunity to meet Mr. Nash or Mr. Mowat. Nor would I have met William Golding (Lord of the Flies), David Suzuki, W.O. Mitchel, Margaret Atwood, Silver Donald Cameron, Sheree Fitch, Robert Munsch, Peter Gzowski, Gordon Pinsent, Timothy Findley, Ken Dryden, and Don Harron as both himself and Charlie Farquharson . And there were countless others as well. Co-producing that program shaped who I was and what I wanted to achieve. It was with a sense of pride that I told people of my involvement with the show that had become "Choyce Words".
So I wanted to say thank you to my partners and friends, Mary Jo Anderson and Lesley Choyce, for some of my best loved memories and cherished friendships. If you have been holding back anything from the people you appreciate go ahead and let them know. Feels good.
