May 17, 2025

We drove through southern Ontario and entered Quebec just below Montreal, where we headed south towards the United States. I have to say the border with the US is troubling and makes me nervous, it is the best of times, and now even more so as we are approaching the worst of times, at least in my lifetime. It is revealing how it all looks from north of the border. It ain’t pretty, that is for sure. Canada does feel so much more sane than the US. I question our sanity in going back, but we are on a mission, and we will go with this for now, pick up the van, and head back asap. The beauty of early spring makes this drive exquisite. The young green of all the deciduous trees is refreshing, and the lawns of dandelions give me a sense of possibility and hope.