Happy Canada Day (I'm a little late)
Our Queen lovin' neighbors may never be as independent as we, but their best have had their blood mingled with ours in Flanders to Fallujah. So wish our friends Happy Canada Day.
The title of this blog can be read several ways, historically I have seen it as a reference to a Dutch phrase meaning "first troop." Some have used it to convey a threat. But I use it in reference to an unlooked for hope, persistant even in sure defeat.