Thursday's letters: Citadel's Matilda gladdens the soul

Although I have accepted my fate as a northerner over my 70 years, I still find winters challenging. Couple this with the bad behaviour of our elected officials, and you can get really disheartened.
Then, my wife told me that I was going to see a musical called Matilda. My sense of gloom deepened.
I wasn’t expecting much. Then I saw a bunch of kids singing, dancing and acting. Oh my! Let me out of here! But it didn’t take very long for me to realize just how badly my negativity had c