The article recounts the author's nostalgic trip down Dundas Highway, where memories of childhood intertwine with his unexpected encounter with John Lennon in 1969. The author's reminiscence includes vivid details of walking home from school and brings to life the contrasting images of the Beatlemania era against the serene Canadian landscape. It captures the essence of how personal memories interlace with the cultural phenomenon surrounding Lennon, highlighting both the joyfulness and the somber past that shaped him as an artist.
There was John Lennon, zipped away in the snowy landscape, a real or semi-former real Beatle, amidst the cozy winter joy of the rolling hills.
Beatlemania had coloured all of that in, like the colourization of an old movie, revealing the joyful persona that hid the pain of his past.
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