Our Neighbors To the North

Happy Canada Day!

Yes, in a few days, we will all be gazing up at the rocket's red glare (or just the fireworks) in honor of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (You know, that thing that Qwerty Stevens went back and witnessed...) But for today, it's the day of "Canada's Birthday", when the three British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada all came together to become the great country of Canada on this date in 1867.

So let's all tip our Uncle Sam hats to our neighbors to the north today. Let's consider our hockey playing friends, like Grant D. and Jack B. (And if you're still reading, Luke B., you Native Canadian, I'm not forgetting you right now...) Let's be thankful today for round bacon, lumberjacks, and Sault Ste Marie. We are thankful for the setting for the book Hatchet, for speakers of French, for a place where the plural of "leaf" is "leafs" instead of "leaves", and for the fact that the people are so darn polite.

We love you, Canada.

O, Canada, we stand on guard for thee!