Prompt: If you left the country after the election, where would you go?

No question. We would go to Canada. My husband Bob, thankfully, is a dual citizen, having been born in Brownsville, Ontario, where his father was, at the time, a small town doctor. There are still many relatives, nieces and cousins, scattered around the country.

Two of our three sons have taken advantage of Bob's dual status and have received their certificates of Canadian citizenship. My daughter-in-law, Layla, tells me that most of the research being done in her area of interest, that being use of media by children and teens, is being done in Canada, so teaching and research jobs might be more plentiful there once she gets her PhD. A few members of the family are left out of this direct Canadian connection. My daughter, Casey, as she is Bob's step-daughter, probably doesn't count. Could we somehow sneak her in if necessary?

Bob and I have made many trips to Canada over the years. We often visited his Uncle Wesley and Aunt Irene in southern Ontario while they were still alive, as their son was living in Japan and could not get home frequently. We also really enjoyed visiting his sister Betty, both at her home in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and especially at her cottage on the shore of the Bay of Fundy near the town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.

But if I had to pick, I might prefer to move to Vancouver Island. There is a small town in the central, less inhabited part of the island named Gold River that I fell in love with. The river runs through the main part of town, down in a deep gully. When you look up, the town is ringed with snow-covered mountains. That might lead you to think that you are at a high elevation but you would be wrong. As you travel out of town on one of the roads, you are greeted with a sign which warns "You are now entering a tsunami zone." Tsunami zone? Mountains? But if you continue down that road you will come to the Yuquot harbor, full of ships. The two just don't seem to match! Nature does not always conform to our preconceptions.