'tis the season to be ......

Heading into - it's a Canadian thing - the melancholy season when flowers die off, weeds take off, days shorten and we put the blanket back on the bed. And try not to think about ice and snow, runny noses and blue skin, and cars that go "Ar-r-r-rgh-rgh-rgh" in the morning. Global warming here means it will probably not go below -37C. Seniors don't walk in the winter, they do 'the Canadian Shuffle'. And is there not something obscene about the shops displaying Christmas cards and creches already?

On the bright side, it's not the Arctic. And we don't have floods or drought. So why am I complaining? Because it's good for the soul -