Well, here we are: a typical Montreal summer day, and it’s only mid-April. You can feel the water hanging in mid-air, and my hair is frizzing. Ah, summer. Two and half weeks ago we had two feet of snow fall. Only in Montreal!

Neat things I�ve done lately (other than take a new bus home):

Picked up the new Mediaeval Baebes album, The Rose. In my opinion, their finest collection to date. Yes, I have my tickets to the concert here on May 3rd. Found a nifty article on the Baebes “coming out” as Pagan, too. This surprises me not at all.

Watched the third season finale of Buffy. Wow. My convocations were nowhere near that exciting. Joss Whedon really took the old clich� of �graduation is a rite of passage� to extremes, didn�t he.

Read a lot. I�m noticing that I�m rarely in the midst of a book when I blog; this stems from the fact that I read fast. Books I have read: Child of the Prophecy, the third book in the Juliet Marillier’s Sevenwaters trilogy. Not as good as the earlier two; explores the theme of family and belonging in a different way, and didn�t have as likeable a main character. In fact, I found myself getting a bit exasperated with her. Yes, yes, you moan because your grandmother has you completely under her control � ever wonder why she�s so intent on keeping you there? Maybe because you threaten her? Get past the limp and stand up for yourself! The ending was a little too pat, as well. A Pilgrim In Ireland by Frances Greenslade: a very good first-hand narration of her solo trip to Ireland to search for roots, and the feeling of unbelonging that rose up to stop her. Where does a Canadian belong when we feel like intruders in our own land, and exiles from the land of our ancestors? I also finished Tea With the Black Dragon, a lovely little tale of history and innate magic transcending time and death (sort of).

CURRENTLY READING:

Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope. The first chapter is designed to not make you want to read the book. I am convinced of this. It’s not very portable, either; two and a half inches thick will make it difficult to slip in my purse while going to work.