A Beginning in the End

A few weeks ago I returned to Sherbrooke (Quebec) after a four-month absence. I had left Sherbrooke (the place that I called “home” since January 2010) in mid-February, and I had no choice but to, finally, head back there since my lease expired at the end of June. I chose mid-June to go back to Sherbrooke and pack up my apartment in order to avoid the mayhem that overtakes Quebec on July 1. While the rest of the country celebrates Canada Day, July 1 is “Moving Day” in Quebec, as so aptly dem...