Yesterday morning, I turned on the CNN news and watched it for a few minutes, then I switched to MSNBC for their perspective. I haven’t done this for a few weeks, although watching television news has been my go-to practice for several years. CNN’s broadcast featured a report on how… Read More »Can We Trust the News?
While venturing downtown in our city to have dinner last Sunday, determined to support one of our favorite restaurants, we were confronted with the stark effects of the pandemic. No, we weren’t intimidated by sneezing, coughing people who might have been carrying the virus. Nor did we feel uncomfortable about… Read More »Businesses Flattened Along with Curve
I took it seriously when the WHO declared a pandemic was taking hold across the world. Whatever happened next will be a case for history, but from that moment on, I lived within its shadow, at least for the next few weeks. It changed me for a while. I couldn’t… Read More »No More Walking, Doctors Say
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
When things are tough, I can always count on the beauty of nature to see me through. I’m relying on it now, since, as with almost everyone else, I am feeling some anxiety and stress. It’s related, of course, to the uncertainty resulting from this lock down. I seem to… Read More »The Healing Beauty of Nature
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
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