I plan on posting some excerpts of writing here this month, just to peak your curiosity as to what is going on with this memoir of six months of my life. I have workshopped some parts of it and got excellent feedback.
On other news, Daughter is coming in to town today and we will have brunch at our local. I had brunch there yesterday with a friend but I never tire of brunches. It always feel so civilized, as if all the time in the world is available to chat and have fill-ups on coffee and tea. So yesterday was three hours. I anticipate a lengthy one today too, though we may wander up the road and sit by the ocean for a while as it's so gorgeous a day out here.
I don't want to jinx my health status but right now this minute - though not perfect - I am feeling way better. I had to deal with an excess of potassium in my blood in the past couple of months which entailed a harsh treatment and the symptoms were frightening. Internal organs misbehaving. I honestly feel I have dodged many bullets including The Plague which is still raging through here as it is in most parts of the world. Though there is no longer statistical reportage and our Minister for Health tells us to toss the masks. I'm not. So I'm still practicing the utmost caution and only seeing those of like mind. The seniors out here are dying every week which is a caution in itself. The Culling, I call it. It enrages me.
So we were the first province in Canada to welcome Ukrainian refugees and it's so heartening to read of the kindness shown them and so many have been employed already. Their pets were included on the flight from Poland, cats and dogs. I leaked many tears.
Cam and Chuck arrived here to bless their peasants and steal some gifts and flowers. All the kowing and towing and bowing to this pair of welfare recipients frosts my you know what.
So there's your update from this outpost colony of the once "the sun never sets on us" British Empire.
Good to see you back in good spirits and better health. I missed you. Sometimes it's nice to take a break, isn't it? Let's all carry on! I love how the Ukranians are welcome in Canada.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gigi, so good to catch up with you too, I live vicariously with your restaurant posts. If I lived in Hawaii I would join you on such adventures :)
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Glad you're feeling well. I agree, the pandemic has gotten boring to many people and so they're trying to ignore it. But ignoring it won't make it go away. We must still be careful.
ReplyDeleteI agree Tom, two of my friends went down with it a few days ago and they had been super careful. One is very sick.
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Love the nicknames Cam and Chuck! Also your mention of kindness to the Ukrainian refugees. Glad you're feeling better and enjoying those lovely brunches!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to be vertical and on this side of the daisies, OTP (great name).
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I would have had decidedly sweaty eyeballs watching Ukrainian refugees arriving with their four legged family members too.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward (a lot) to reading the snippets of your writing you are ready to share.
And hissing and spitting at the 'disposability' of the elderly and the vulnerable that covid has shown to be true across the world.
It's a crime against humanity in my book, EC, and quite a chunk out of our population which is small to begin with. From super cautious to "on your own" is a hard pill to swallow and many of the seniors I know are not on the internet.
DeleteOh, good to hear of your better health. I am already very curious as to your writing.
ReplyDeleteThe Ukrainian refugees makes me want to "hiss and spit", not because we should not be receiving them - we should - but because it makes me remember the more than frigid welcome the Syrian refugees received as they arrived.
Racism can be so prevalent, Charlotte, Syrians had so much to offer but were disregarded. I remember writing to the government as we desperately need farmers (many Syrians are expert farmers) but *crickets*.
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ReplyDeleteI love that your recent health struggles did not diminish the sharpness of your observations nor your pen. It's good to have you back.
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I didn't recognize Charles at once, but Cam right away.
ReplyDeleteBrunch is great. I'm always up for another breakfast.
And hooray for feeling better.
Kindred spirit Joanne! My fave meal.
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I saw your Jussy on tv last week and I thought he had grown a beard but it turned out to be a black face mask, which was good to see. Health experts are urging us to continue wearing masks in busy places, but people generally are not. I am even though it is no longer a rule aside from on public transport and medical facilities.
ReplyDeleteI note your rebellious Irish roots are showing with your attitude to the future king of your country. Such sedition...sigh.
I know, Andrew. I should be hanged, drawn and quartered as was their previous method of handling my ancestors if they weren't tossing them off cliffs and burning their pitiful hovels down.
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I had breakfast very late this morning, I suppose I could call it brunch. I'm very happy to see so many countries taking in Ukrainian people. not at all happy the futile war keeps dragging on.
ReplyDeleteAgreed River, all sorts of political dancing going on around it. Putin is a very dangerous man with his hot fingers on those red buttons.
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Brunch is the best since I typically go to sleep late and get up late -- even very late sometimes having to start with lunch. Glad you have health issues behind you and hope they stay there. What a shame you didn't get to meet Chuck and Cam -- maybe next time. Look forward to the sharing of some of your writing.
ReplyDeleteI find it so amusing that these so called "Royals" love to piss around the colonies reminding the natives of their power and wealth.
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Glad you sorted out the excess potassium issue. As for the plague, Jenny and I spent a week in Liverpool, mingling with other people every day, and neither of us caught covid, so I guess it's on the wane.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe it's on the wane Nick, not here anyway and the forecast for the summer is dire. I hope the projections are not going to happen.
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We watched the Jubilee, with all the grandeur and horses.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been a sight to see Susan. No one on earth does all the pomp like the British!
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Glad to know you remain among the living and are feeling better. Still masking here too.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you E and I do hope Lukas is improving.
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