This is going to sound weird, but I have all sorts of reasons for loving Canada. I will write about those more in the memoirs part of my website.
The first time I visited another country was when I was 11. We went to Canada, after driving up the entire west coast with my grandparents, from Los Angeles, CA to Seattle, WA. We took a ferry over to British Columbia. I thought it was the most awesome place. The people were so nice. The money looked like play money. So many different colors. 
So … when Bouchercon was held in Toronto, I just had to go. The timing was just right. I’d had my hysterectomy in August of 2004, and I’d just had enough time to recover adequately. My husband joined me later, and we walked the streets of Toronto. And it was so awesome. I remember saying it reminded me of New York City, only cleaner and friendlier.
This is why you should be grateful for what you have now. I had no idea when we were walking around the streets of Toronto that within the year, I’d have a stroke and I’d end up with a horrible movement disorder that has no cure yet.
But when I saw this article from The Globe and Mail, it set off a flood of memories of Proustian proportions.
Is there any hope for America? Absolutely!
All I can say is thank you, Canada!
We aren’t all idiots.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Corner Gas is awesome. Thank you to my funny sister for telling me about this show!
Me, my funny sister and her rubber chickens.
In tribute to Canada, a song!
Forgive me if I make no sense sometimes. But that’s life for you. I’m a survivor. And, as I said …
Life makes no sense half the time, so you may as well laugh. Am I right?
years ago when I first took Penny (my ex who is from Vancouver BC Canada) to the Austrian alps the first thing she said when seeing the mountains and Fir trees was “This is just like back home in BC”.
I have been to Canada a number of times in the last 20 years and here are a few pictures of my last visit in 2009.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104588431445751467545/Vancouver02
Those are awesome photos, Trevor!
I’ll bet you could write an awesome memoir. No doubt you remember when London was bombed. I look at our country, and I think we have no idea. We had Pearl Harbor, but it was in Hawaii. And we’ve forgotten what we were supposed to remember. We aren’t invulnerable. None of us are.
This is what the Internet should be for. To make the world a better place. Sorry, I’m rambling. Again!
Ha!
BTW, hope you enjoy the books!
Thanks again for the shout out on FB.
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