I got a wonderful treat in the mail today: a package with 10 audio CDs in it: the archive tapes of Doral Pilling!
Yea!
I tossed one of them into my machine (it is around the part where he just starts to talk about shuswap).
fun!
anyone who wants a copy, let me know. I will look into duplication costs and we can split it!
I would love copies. How unbelievably wonderful! I can't wait. I may have to come out to Victoria so I don't have to wait for them to come in the mail.
ReplyDeleteI received a three minute audio clip of one of the tapes. I am sure Rebecca would forward it to anyone who writes to her and asks. Her email is rjohnson@uvic.ca
ReplyDeleteI forwarded one to Bonnie Wyora. Then I asked her to call me back and tell me what was her favourite line.
Hard to find a favourite line when the clip is so short. Take your choice. Is it the one about the hummingbirds dive-bombing Doral and Harold; is it the philosophical line about a drop of water at the Great Divide; is it his joy in his own journey through the Rockies; would a person choose the favourite line as being the one where Doral watches the tourists at the Spiral Tunnels.
If you have 3 minutes, get that clip from Rebecca.
I was surprised at the timbre of his voice. At first unrecognizable, then the prosody, the ups and downs. That is him speaking alright. Sometimes I look at his handwriting. He could write for pages -- no spelling mistakes, no crossing out words. I can't do that. I rely on cut and paste, and on spell check.
Arta
Excited to listen to them as well.
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