Paul S., that girl in grade 13 must have been reading Margaret Atwood's non-ficton book, *Survival* (1972?) Ms.A reckons that the struggle for survival is a major theme with us in Canada ... and if that's the psyche that forms the literature, I guess it does the same for music?

I wonder if another string to our cultural-psyche bow is the CBC? Whether or not it's currently doing a good job, it was set up to give us a national (federalist?) sense of identity.

This is where we get all misty-eyed about Sing-Along Jubilee (while trying to forget about the King of Kensington - that was cbc, wasn't it?)

sian (long-distance canadian)