On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

1. My parents took my siblings and I to visit Louisberg as part of our family road trip to Charlottetown and back in 1979. That was part of my introduction to the Mik'ma'ki provinces. I don't remember much about the fortress now, and that leaves me with a guiltier feeling than I might otherwise have upon reading this news.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/rising-sea-levels-threatening-300-year-old-french-fortress-in-nova-scotia

2. Yes, that was the same road trip that included my first visit to Parliament Hill, at my father's behest, to view the remains of John Diefenbaker in the Rotunda of the Centre Block. It's disturbing how I've only ever been inside the Centre Block to pay my respects to dead politicians: Diefenbaker, Trudeau the Elder and Jack Layton, thus far. It's a habit I'd like to break, preferably for far more joyous reasons.

3. Yes, I just referred to the provinces east of Québec as "the Mi'kma'ki provinces". It describes their relationship to each other geographically and politically regarding Indigenous presence there, and that label also correctly includes Newfoundland Island. (Newfoundland and Labrador are intersectional as different regions of that province fall into Mi'kmaq, Innu and Inuit traditional lands.)

More thoughts on other matters later.

Noticed a friend of mine from several writing workshops appearing on CBC News, but not for the writing work he's normally known across the country for. No, this time, he joined the ranks of the prey of the Parliament Hill Bird! Yikes!

I signed this petition tonight. It might not mean anything to the people on the Hill making these decisions, but it seems a good idea to support the preservation and expansion of the service.

Yes, we have the internet and we have private couriers. But they don't serve all our communications needs, nor should they be expected to. The post office serves a useful niche for many of us even now, and it's good to keep our options as a nation open.

So I signed that petition.

What I wrote: "Because people who have the service still need it, and those who don't have the service want it as well."

Not eloquent, but that's what was in mind at the time.