October 9, 2003
Poplar Beach, ON

Oh Glorious Day!! My aunt and uncle have graciously let me come stay at their beautiful cottage while they gallivant about Italy. Lucky me. Soon as I got up here my whole body just went Ahhhhhh and I'm starting to remember about important things like breathing and resting and eating.... Mmmmmmmm. It feels SO good to be back in the homeland after six weeks on the road. The whole tour itself was an incredible journey of epic proportions with all the critical and necessary mythological elements: 

1) Hero leaves home on journey to save the world from evil (whilst looking super fine) and will hopefully stay alive long enough to throw the bad nasty precious ring into the fire pits of Mordor.

2.) Hero faces many challenges along the way and is waylaid by great tempests and the irreconcilable wraths of Nature. Next, Hero is stricken by thunderbolts blazing down from the hands of the Divine. Then, Hero encounters no-good evil-doers and small creatures in need of large amounts of saving.

3.) Now, Hero is forced to face the very darkest depths of him/herself and in the struggle is nearly lost forever.

4.) Hero has many subsequent enlightenment's, nearly dies only once or twice then surely manages to overcome all obstacles with irrepressible strength and will.

5.) Hero makes it to the final feared and coveted destination, has one last catastrophic moment of pivotal melodrama then manages to save the world from the undesirable encroaching apocalypse. Good one!

6.) Hero returns home in wicked need of a shower, has a delicious meal of roasted organic root veggies, gets many kisses from the dog, and will never EVER again be the same.

The End.