Today would have been Greg's 68th birthday. It would have been one of two annual phone conversations we shared; his birthday & mine.
We have been friends for over 50 years, most separated by location since my departure from Calgary in 1975. Our best times were spent on the golf course: in our youth either in competitions as singles or partners, or golf road trips; later, games at the Hamptons when I was in town. Over the last 15 years, we would meet for dinners, usually for pizza at Stromboli's if they were open. Our last rendezvous was last summer, an afternoon on the "Count's" deck sharing memories and of course pizza and a "Pilsner."
Greg called in September wishing birthday joy, relating the quietness of his life, the turmoil in the world and the hope for change to bring some reasonableness into his environment.
We both noted our desire to rendezvous next Spring or Summer when again I planned to be in town.
Rest peacefully old friend.
Greg Sikora
