I Love Canada

We had a huge dump of snow here yesterday--a foot or so of the soft white stuff. Snow, as you know, hushes everything. You can't hear a car, a bus, the train, people's voices, the kid next door working out his acoustic rendition of "Walk This Way."

It also seems to have settled some people's notion of what's important. The federal Liberals are having a leadership knife fight. The dollar continues to plummet. Three more dead Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.

And, of course, a major wipeout on a sledding hill:



I love this country.