Heavenly hash

Routine again, in perfect weather; being out of touch with instant information for even just a handful of days was healthy. I found an FM radio station around Vancouver which was all in French, and played some very good music. All the commentary was en Francais, as were the news segments. Wonderful and tantalizing to only be able to pick up a word here and there. It seemed to be a public station. We listened to it coming and going while we were stuck in traffic and in range, which extended almost to the border crossing. Enjoyable to have a big helping of "world music". Otherwise, the choices were horrendous: C&W; numerous 80's options, all bad; so-called R&B, which is pretty much music by which to hump; rantin' preachers, and torrents of advertisements. And this was Canada, not just the US of Awful Music. Guess some of us in the USA have this unrealistic fantasy about Canada being a better place than ours. They're subject to the same consumer-driven depletion as we are, and which all the world is being programmed to covet. Global economy without end, until it ends.