boxing day blues

I wasn't going to post anything, but I have the news on, and just heard that five more have been shot downtown early this evening, only an hour ago. One possibly dead at the scene, two in critical condition. Right at the corner of Gould and Yonge, across the street from Sam the Record Man and on Ryerson's doorstep.

The news shows the streets crowded with Boxing Day shoppers.

I'm back in Toronto, my home now, after spending Christmas Eve and day with my youngest brother's family in Buffalo, New York. Tomorrow, I'm heading for Michigan and the home of my other brother to spend a few days. I've been wrapped in warmth and love and the best of the holiday season, and it is sad to hear of another shooting, another death, on my newly adopted home turf.

So sad.