I took a walk in the park at the edge of a Canadian city just before Christmas.

In the middle of the suburban wilderness, I came across a lone deciduous tree, a stone's throw away from a nearby thicket.

Someone (Santa's elves perhaps?), had decorated it with Yuletide exuberance and a motley collection of bits and bobs.

Susan notes: my heroine, my inspiration, the Queen of Rock turned 73 years young on November 26, 2012. This is her performing my favourite song live in 1990 - a the age of 51. Wow. How hot is she? In EVERY sense of the word!

Today is moving day.

My Mom Pinkie Patti leaves her home of 40 years to go into another kind of "home."

The kind you go to when you don't know where youi're going or what you're doing anymore. And she doesn't.