Happy turkey and pie times to all my fellow Canadians! I hope you're enjoying some good food and good company this weekend.
These are some hard times for lots of people—many of us are having to change our expectations and redesign our life paths but we have to try to stay hopeful and remember to celebrate the good things in our lives. Things like pie, our parents, puppies, the pretty changing colours of fall and the woman at the cornershop who always takes the time to chat.
These are some hard times for lots of people—many of us are having to change our expectations and redesign our life paths but we have to try to stay hopeful and remember to celebrate the good things in our lives. Things like pie, our parents, puppies, the pretty changing colours of fall and the woman at the cornershop who always takes the time to chat.

Also thanks to Alanis Morissette for giving us this cool song of thanks.
And a very special thanks to the person who nominated One Lonely Degree for a Cybils award. That made my heart jump! Thank you!If your own 2009 favourite book(s) for young people aren't yet nominated you have until 11:59 on October 15th to jump in and remedy that.