We have uneven leadership, it seems. While many of us (the wise ones, just so you know) are content to isolate and avoid painful death, there are certain people with access to the bully pulpit who now believe we “need to get back to work”. The economy, apparently.
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I have fond memories of a wall calendar that I used to have around. One of those that had been repurposed, from its original place in a bank, and that had to be adjusted manually on a daily basis; move the appropriate number and “day of the week” placards into view. You see, something like that tends to improve focus. Right now, many among us are incapable of telling someone else what day it is. Not our fault. With the requirement to stay inside and avoid the near occasions of social interaction, we don’t have to align our actions with such civilized ideas as “it is Friday, yet?”. What will happen, when order is restored, should be interesting.
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Here’s today’s “little known fact”, for those of you that wondered: if the sun is supposed to rise at a given time, it will. Your decision to travel for ten minutes when you only have five available means that you will not make it on time. Next.
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It’s now Day… who am I trying to kid? I have lost count, and now am resolved to knowing that this is Year 2020. Or maybe Year One. We don’t know how this is going to play out, as the sands shift beneath us. I no longer have a need to wander beyond the edge of the property. Someone else goes foraging for supplies, and if we get mail, that’s an added bonus at the end of the afternoon.
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Right now, I feel like there are a whole set of courses that I should have taken in school, and didn’t. My core knowledge is lacking. And here’s the thing; until very recently, it wasn’t. I had managed to get through the usual hurdles in life. School, family, child rearing, clearing stuff from the dog’s gullet. Got a decent mark on all of those courses. But this?
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The quarantine ritual seems pretty simple, on the surface. Get in some snacks, figure out how to fit Netflix into your sleep schedule, leave the heavy hauling to others. Except, there are some exceptions, when there are new rules.
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Practicing “self isolation”, which is the new norm, isn’t any big deal. I feel like I’ve been doing this for years. Checked with someone nearby, and I have that affirmed. I really do spend a lot of time inside with the dog, while life goes on. I’m good for the stretch ahead.
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It’s a learning process, apparently: this afternoon, the provincial government gave notice that the retail recreational drug business would be shuttered… tomorrow afternoon. Right now, and I assume through tomorrow morning, all those who want to get their “provisions” in place are out shopping. Huddled masses, etc. Of course, the other notice from the government is that we should practice social distancing. Guess which notice has been prioritized? We have been told that there will be new rules in place, tomorrow. I assume this will cover the final hour of business, as the original notice had a time, place and conclusion. Why bother trying to figure this out?
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Today, in response to the pandemic, the province of Quebec ordered the closure of bars, gyms and cinemas. For some people in my circle, that’s a very big deal. Think this through: a family friend that works as a DJ, now unemployed. A son that has his life tied up in a microbrewery with restaurant and bar, now wondering what can happen that is worse for his bottom line. I can’t speak to gyms, but I’m sure that for some that daily dose of endorphins will be missed.
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Did someone decide to do a remake of “The Stand”? Without telling the rest of us? I can hardly keep up.
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