Hello from Ottawa! This is black walnut speaking, from my husband's laptop, high up in the hotel right across from the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Yesterday we drove through one of the worst snowsqualls I've ever driven in (and being Canadian that means something). I was at the wheel and made my way through the truck tracks ahead of me. A couple of vans passed me, and we saw them a bit later in the ditch.

Celebration is in the air...the folkies are gathering....at least we have fun trying to guess who are the folkies vs. who are not - some I recognize from groups, festivals, OCFF, clubs, etc.

Not sure when I'll be back here, but I will eventually come back and report on the night's unfoldings.

~b.w.