Was up late last night watching TV, so had my morning coffee here in the office, still in my pyjamas, while listening to the Remembrance Day service from Ottawa on CBC Radio.

So fortunate, most of us, to have never seen war close-up. I am grateful for that, for myself and my own children. A couple of my great-uncles were in the air force during World War II, and my great-great Aunt Alma was a nurse who served in France and England, if I've got my facts straight. Aunt Reta was a nurse in Korea. But as far as I know, none of my relatives were lost or injured in battle, and I don't know which of them even saw action. (Judy? Reta? Anything you can tell me?)