“I hear you,” I said to myself one recent evening after returning home from walking the dog. I was speaking to the ancestral spirits who parked a big U-Haul truck in front of our house with a large map of the Underground Railroad on the side of the truck. A woman holding a lantern was staring directly at the front of the house. I believe the spirits must have sensed my wavering thoughts about the walk I’ve been planning this summer from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, Ontario for the 163rd Emancipation Festival. One of the arrows on the map even points to the vicinity of Owen Sound, the terminus of the Underground Railroad.
I felt after seeing the truck which remained parked in front of our house for about two days, the ancestors were sending me a very loud and clear message – we want you to do this walk.
