So John Scalzi posted a picture from Halifax today.

That clock tower? It's the kind of thing my Dad would never let us get a look at during our cross-country travels in the early 1980's. "You see that over there? That's (Québec City/Halifax/Boston/Hamilton). That's as close as we're getting."

I hated that.

And this was the same guy who trooped our family past Diefenbaker's corpse in Ottawa; Into the Olympic Stadium in Montréal mid-Expos game where the cheers over a batter hitting the ball damn near drove me to run away I don't know where in a panic; a few other sights, too.

Not an event I expect to partake in this year for various personal reasons, but this news report on some possible highlights might be of interest to some of you reading this:

https://apt613.ca/doors-open-2019-roundup/

Seeing as I work with an Australian national on an ongoing basis right now, this particular column from cbc.ca seems to be something I need to take a closer look at. Especially as I hope to visit the place someday.

Tony Burman used to head up CBC's News Division, and is generally a solid student of the journalistic arts. And as this essay reminds me, his sense of humour is therapeutic at restoring or preserving a sense of perspective as well...