Envoi: Go, little book, and may you shine in the hearts and minds of, well, everybody!

In 1949 the USA, assisted by Great Britain and France, established an airlift of food to Berlin, which was blockaded by the USSR. Today I wrote to Prime Minister Carney suggesting that it would do much to alleviate suffering if we organized a similar airlift to the killing floor that is Gaza.

Thanks, Katherine!

We have so much, while others have so little--some are not even allowed to have a country--and I hope that Canadians, with elbows up but hearts open, will do everything we can to help others attain and preserve the rights and freedoms that make this land truly blessed. Happy Canada Day!

Jesus brought former sex worker Mary Magdalene to the Last Supper. Typical liberal, always virtue signalling.

My new novel is set in Saranac Lake, NY, in 1916. In the 1890s, S.L. inaugurated a winter carnival to entertain the TB patients in the sanitarium. It included a magnificent ice palace. I loved seeing it, and it ended up playing a significant role in Bad Juliet. #winterstories

Sorry Kellogg's. Raisin Bran has always been my favourite cereal, but as long as your government keeps threatening and insulting my country, well, buh-bye! #boycottusa #buycanadian #impeachtrump2025 #arrestelonmusk

Happy to buy Canadian brand/Mexican made guitar strings--ten packs of them. No more Martin, Gibson, Dean Markey, Ernie Ball etc for me. #buycanadian #canadianhegemony #remember1812 #boycottUSA

Congratulations, Trump Voters! You've got your first concentration camp. You must be so proud.

Big change for the New Year. Hope my crime fans will follow me here, and--may it be so--maybe l pick up a few new ones? #authorsofinstagram📚 #torontowriters #literaryfiction #crimefiction

Saw this review of a How-To vid while looking up ways to repair a favourite pair of boots. "Sometime I watch a repair video of something and think nice but whatever. Sometimes I watch one and I'm impressed. This is one of those times."

A little surprised they haven't gotten around to stamping King Charles on the Loonie and Toonie. (I think it should be spelt *Twonie* but pronounced the same--just to add one more bit of English even more confusing.)

You can still have a lot of fun without it.

Have you ever written a novel that was inspired by a particular book? Big thanks to Philip Gallos for this one. My novel will be published in August. #historicsaranaclake #trudeauinstitute #canlit #upstatenewyorkphotographer #upstatenewyorklife #authorsofinstagram📚 #torontowriters #magicmountain