Canada? Oh you mean the 51st state?!!**BG**

Columbus/Columbo is still big time in New England, at least he was a few years ago, everything closes down, etc. There's even a statue of him in New London, CT, near where we lived. But, there were others who were opposed to celebrating such an event, most notably those of us who felt ethically conscious (remember I coined it first here, on the Mudcat!) about what his arrival meant, in the long run, for the idigenous people of our continent.

Out here in the West, it is an unremarkable day, except that the federal offices are closed. Holidays have never meant as much as they used to since Nixon, I think it was, changed the calendar to make them always fall on a Monday, so everyone could have a three day weekend. Just isn't the same.

Thanks for your kind comment, Peter, but maybe you can tell me how I did a morning's posting in 3 days?(Hahaha) Just kidding.

I am kind of excited about today, as Morris Dees is speaking tonight. He is a leading civil rights advocate and one of the co-founders of the Southern Poverty Law Center. I am honoured to be one of the people who will have dinner with him beforehand and I am really looking forward to it!

TTFN,

kat