29th
April
2021
On April first, all jokes aside, I registered online for my first round of vaccinations. Since then, I’ve had two robotic phone calls, as reminders, and I think I might have had an email along the way. Assuming that tomorrow actually comes, my first session should pass “like a hot knife through butter”. After that, there will be a future delay (rumours talk of months; I don’t really know), before the second session. Until then, we continue to require social distancing, masks and a recognition that online shopping is the way of (my) future. Will the vaccine make me invincible? Doubtful. There we have it: a textbook example of delayed gratification. And I no longer care.
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5th
April
2021
I am fortunate to live in a place with fresh air, greenery, a selection of wildlife, an ocean close by. And very little motor vehicle traffic. In fact, when something unusual is heard, it’s worth checking on the source. This morning, I could hear what seemed to be a motor revving, close by. Looked out the window, saw nothing out of the ordinary. Opened the door and confirmed that there was a new noise, just beyond the treeline.
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23rd
March
2021
By this time next week, the temperature today won’t matter, but I will make a record of it. We were at 13C (in the shade) at suppertime. The field next door is no longer under a uniform blanket of white. Nor is our own lawn. We’ll have to decide what flavours and colours will be featured in the vegetable beds. Soon.
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5th
March
2021
An integral part of our decision to replant the family in new fields (our move here) was the chance to rethink the house. Specifically, how we would heat the place. I was adamant that an oil truck wouldn’t be welcomed, and I didn’t see myself trundling loads of firewood from now until that final day.
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4th
March
2021
Maybe I should fly more. The whole industry has been off my radar for a long time, and learning that the government is about to offer a seven billion dollar bailout is wrong, on so many levels.
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1st
March
2021
Here’s a question that I need answered: why do we allow companies that (obviously) deal in stolen goods to remain open? Some call them fences, if you’re trying to place the situation.
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24th
February
2021
Outside, with my shovel, in shortish pants; time to clear the thin layer of barely ice from the deck. Temperatures are above the point where ice retains solidity, so the job didn’t take long. Barely enough time for my coffee to cool to the comfortable drinking point. We do live in balmy times. Now, I’m enough of a realist (with a long memory) to accept change. As in, winter might roll in, tomorrow or the next day. For now, though, I’m able to look outside and dream of summer. Perhaps not “tourist summer”, but something that doesn’t require keeping snowshoes on hand (or is it foot)?
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28th
January
2021
To play a game, you have to understand the rules. Doesn’t matter the game, really. Football, high finance; all depend on the players knowing how to win (and lose).
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17th
January
2021
Spent some time following a Twitter thread, dealing with that special world comprised of low-pay jobs. I’m sure you can name a few, but flipping burgers seems to come up on the short list for many people. Oddly, other than a few days spent in a roadside juke joint, pumping gas and preparing my own grub on the grill, I never had a gig in fast food.
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12th
January
2021
With our anchor firmly embedded in the driveway, it’s time to conjecture about life (in a different dimension). What if we could travel? Where would we go? Or as an alternative, what if we loaned our travel gear to someone else. Say, the kids…
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