‘Tis the season of treacherous weather, ignorant drivers and wasteful spending. Okay, so maybe I just had a “day.” It took an hour and a half to drive what’s normally a 10-minute cruise home; it never ceases to amaze me that every winter, snow falls and thousands of Alberta drivers suddenly forget what they’re doing behind the wheel. Seriously? We get snow in July. Calgary drivers can be excused… to an extent. They only drive in the snow about 25 per cent of the time in winter, thanks to those Chinook winds that come off the Rockies, but let’s face it: it’s Alberta. The land of “if you don’ t like the weather, wait 10 minutes.” Or fly to Mexico. That’s where I’m headed once I sign off here (at least in my imagination).

But for those of you who stick around and celebrate this time of year, no matter how you do it, we wish you all the best. Or at least we would, if we weren’t busy stuffing our faces full of homemade shortbread as we hit “publish” on one last killer issue for 2009.

Until next year,

Mistress Morwyn

The Keeper of the Lair