A PENNY A DAY A MEASURE OF A KIND AND GENTLE MAN CAN SOMETIMES BE MEASURED IN PENNIES. A VERY LONG TIME AGO I MET ALBERT RANGER IN GRADE FOUR AT THOMAS HODGSON SCHOOL, LOCATED ON WENTWORTH STREET, IN NANAIMO. WE BECAME FRIENDS, TRADING COMIC BOOKS IN THE HALLWAY. A START OF A LIFE LONG FRIENDSHIP. BACK TO THE PENNIES. MANY YEARS LATER, I WAS LEAVING AL'S STUDIO, LOCATED ON NORTHWEST BAY ROAD, IN NANOOSE AND AS HE WALKED ME TO THE FRONT PORCH AND I PROCEEDED TO THE PARKING LOT, I STOPPED AND PICKED UP A PENNY. "HEY AL, HERE'S A PENNY". "YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES", SAYS AL. "FIND A PENNY PICK IT UP AND ALL DAY LONG YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK". I PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT IN MY POCKET, FEELING THE BETTER FOR THE MOMENT. "HEY AL HERE'S ANOTHER ONE". "I KNOW", SAYS AL. "I THROW A FEW PENNIES OUT ON THE PARKING LOT EVERY ONCE AND AWHILE". "IT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY AND IT GIVES THEM A GOOD START FOR THE DAY." PENNIES OR NO PENNIES...MY FRIEND, AL RANGER, GAVE ME MANY STARTS TO A GOOD DAY.. HIS FRIEND, GRANT DICKIE

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