A few notes from the day

It almost felt like spring, walking around Saturday afternoon after the cold snap, but even so I was startled to pass a young woman wearing an open jean jacket over a crop top. (Now that’s Canadian, I muttered to myself as I noticed that I hadn’t done up my jacket either.)

This is also the moment in the year when one feels the days are getting longer again. I’ll hang onto that as a bit of hope when all about us seems to be getting darker.