Letter to Dear Reader

Dec. 11, 2014 Ottawa Just wanted to say hello, dear Reader. I trust life is treating you well. It is 14 days till Christmas and 12 days till my daughter Laura's 18th birthday. We received a lot of snow last night. I picked up Kiara and Noah at their school and took them to hockey practice last night. I drove slowly and left lots of space between me and the car ahead of me. That is my secret when driving. I learned to drive at a driving school called "Omni-Lateral Driving School" when I was your age. The driving instructor emphasized the importance of leaving lots of space around your car when driving. If you leave more space, you have more time to react when driving. "Excessive speed and insufficient space or distance between cars is what causes drivers to become involved in accidents," he explained. It is advice that I have tried to heed ever since I was 20 years old. That is all for now, Bernie The Monkey