Last week, we learned that some stores in our city were finally allowed to open. Two days ago, I walked across the Johnson Street bridge for the first time in months. It’s always been my favorite route to town, one that I have taken hundreds of times. Yet on Wednesday… Read More »When Stores Open, Will We Be There?
I know you can barely see the ducklings, but they’re there—all eleven of them! I’ve been catching glimpses of this mother duck for years, but this is the first time I’ve been able to take her picture. So, when she appeared, striding at warp speed around the bend in our… Read More »Seeing New Beginnings
I have taped a heart to my window. Scores of people in my city have done the same. It’s meant to communicate that we are thinking beyond ourselves, hoping to signal to the medical community, and others delivering essential services, that we acknowledge them; we thank them, and we care.… Read More »Caring About People Who Are At Risk
There’s an empty feeling inside me these days. It’s not hard to figure it out—we’re all feeling it as our new reality sets in. I’m busy every day doing things like wiping down door handles, finding new ways to buy food, and staying in touch with everyone I love. But… Read More »Empty Streets and Empty Harbors
The Coronavirus is here. Vancouver Island is not safe from the flu, after all. We didn’t expect it would be, but we hoped, just as humans everywhere, standing in the path of a threat, tend to do. Scientists, health authorities, and the media have all told us it was inevitable that the… Read More »One Hundred Years Later, The Flu Still Kills
Quite frankly, I’m worried. Our neighboring country seems to be sinking deeper and deeper into an alarming dystopian, circus show era, and I can’t help but wonder what we can do beyond cringing and hope that this will pass? The options are few, but here they are, as I see… Read More »Pinning our Hope on the Millennials
I know it’s only symbolic, and time moves on whether we record it or not, but a new year has always been significant for me. As the calendar wound down this past week to the 31st of December, I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of anticipation. This year the… Read More »In a New Decade, Is There Hope For a Better World?
Judging by the number of people I see checking their iphones, I must be the last person on earth to buy a smartphone. My resistance broke down one day last summer when my camera which had served me so well over the years, simply stopped working. It was the right… Read More »My New Apple iphone, and Other Regrets
When you were going to school, did your teacher ever ask you, on the first day of school in September, to write about what you did last summer? And did you moan and groan about it since, like all kids, what was done was done, and all you wanted was… Read More »Reflecting on My Summer Break
I’ve decided to take a few weeks off from blogging. I plan to keep in touch though, and will be doing my usual commenting on other blogs, and keeping up on Facebook and Twitter. Mostly, I hope to relax, work on another project, and come back with renewed energy and… Read More »Time to Take Time Off!
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