Remembering Carla Salvador, One of a Kind

Carla Salvador was my friend and a friend to The Land Between. She was so full of life and ideas, and she had a way of seeing things that was entirely her own. I’ll miss hearing what she was thinking about and finding myself looking at something a little differently because of her.

Carla gave her time to the community in ways that reflected the breadth of her interests. She served as a trustee of the Trent Lakes Public Library and volunteered with the Love Your Lake program on Mississagua Lake. She also wrote for the Cavendish community newsletter. In one piece, she tracked down the issues of Maclean’s published in the month she was born, then invited readers to look up what Canadians were reading when they were born, too. There’s something of the Carla I remember in that invitation. She could follow an idea somewhere unexpected and make you want to come along.

I’m grateful I got to call Carla my friend, and grateful for the energy and imagination she shared with The Land Between. Our thoughts are with everyone who loved her and will miss having her in their lives.

— Leora Berman, The Land Between