Welcome to Ash Wednesday.

It wasn’t on purpose, but I wrote this entry on the 40th day following the presidential inauguration. Apropos to the Lent rituals that follow Christ’s 40-day desert temptation leading up to Easter. 40 days since inauguration. 40 days in the desert.

It’s odd and out of place for a Canadian to make note of a US presidential inauguration. At any other moment in history it wouldn’t fit. But in this moment, March 2025...