Back in Hometown for Christmas and it's looking like a green one -- almost 10 p.m. Christmas Eve and it's positively balmy here in southwest Nova Scotia. Balmy in comparison to Ottawa, anyway -- earlier this aft I went running with only a t-shirt and capri pants separating me from the elements. In December! It reminds me of visiting Missouri in November and enjoying temperatures not seen in Ottawa since September. 

I think I could be on to something here. Here's a little on-the-house sloganeering for you tourism types --"Nova Scotia: Canada's Missouri."

Now that's what I call marketing!

A few interesting sights, sounds and tastes I've encountered in these last few Hometown days:

- Santa on a motorbike

- A pickup truck with "My other ride is your girlfriend!" emblazoned on the tailgate

- Coyotes answering each other in the night

- Ostrich pie (dead serious - tastes like ground beef)