Peter Mansbridge

You know, from the north, from the east, west.

I was going to say the south.

Well, south, if you're in the north, it's the south.

It's not the south meaning that other south.

Anyway, lots of them.

So I think while we'll do this today, we'll put it on the repeat button for January, for January, for July 1st, for Canada Day, which isn't that far away now.

So why don't we get started?

As I said, we have a lot of letters, and sadly, a lot of them came in after the deadline, 3 p.m.

Eastern yesterday, and

We might hold on to those for some future program.

But the rules are the rules, as they say.

Okay, let's get started.

A lot of new writers.

I think Byron Hone in Calgary may well be a first-time writer.

He's written a beautiful letter to start this off.

Capture the images in this.

Born in Calgary's General Hospital, now a beautiful green space in our multicultural neighborhood.

Raised in northern Ontario, I swam in warm lakes, tapped a maple tree, and tasted its freshly evaporated syrup.

These days, I trek with my son to alpine lakes and streams as aspiring anglers.

I've peaked summits in the Rockies.