Kevo X Thomson

Although I didn’t realise it at the time, Friday the 30th of June 2006 was an evening of reconnections.

I headed out of my office in Covent Garden for an evening performance by De la Guarda at London’s Roundhouse theatre in Camden. As I crossed the street I noticed a young couple in front of me. They appeared to be heading out for a nice night out. I turned down Drury Lane and headed for the bus stop.

Twenty minutes later I got off the bus and made my way inside the Roundhouse. I needed to set my rucksack down to get the ticket out — when I realised that the couple on the bench I was using was the very same couple I noticed back in Covent Garden. Kind of strange…

So I check out as much of the Roundhouse history as I can stomach before taking my place along the perimeter of the curtained entrance. I notice a striking woman with strawberry blonde hair talking to a gentleman wearing a straw hat. Before long I begin to realise that this woman is someone that I met approximately eight years ago when I first moved to the United Kingdom. She was in fact Lucinda Gallant (a musician) who was boarding her cats at St Andrew’s Farm Kennel at the same time I was bringing my cats through the quarantine process.

Quite a surprise to see her so many years later. It was she who originally encouraged me to pursue the route to gaining Canadian citizenship in order to aqcuire my UK citizenship — so I have her to thank for that.

Thanks Lucinda!