For this episode I interview Pacifico “Puss” Valeriote, a 100 year old resident at The Village of Riverside Glen, born and raised here in Guelph. At 100 years, Pacifico remains a wonderful and charming storyteller - his memory weaves through time, with stories from Alice Street in the Ward, his family’s General Store, and his time in the war, right up to the present where he reflects on the pandemic, and narrates the watching of construction workers in the rain. Pacifico at one point says “I just go with the flow - and sometimes I can’t find flow” - and it’s kind of a perfect metaphor. Sometimes we’re moving forward, sometimes back, and we hope you’ll follow us. Thank you so much Puss for sharing your history.
This interview was originally recorded on July 22nd 2020
