Monday morning and I’m still nude. Just before nine this morning, the first light began to appear in our dining room with its east-facing window. It’s another cold day, just slightly colder than yesterday. Though the calendar tells me that a new week started yesterday, in reality for almost everyone, it is Monday when a week starts. After all, both Saturday and Sunday are included in the term, week-end. So, what is it about this Monday that suggests something new coming…
It’s Sunday morning on the Canadian prairies. As I write up this post, it is still dark with dawn more than an hour away. The temperature outside is -26C, with a wind chill that makes it feel like -38C. Now, that is cold. However, I am toasty warm as I sit in my rocking chair in front of the fireplace writing this post. For those who might be interested, I found this rocking chair in 1976, in a northern community….
It’s a bright and sunny day with minus temperaturesIt’s a bright and sunny day with minus temperatures and strong winds. It is cold, cold, cold outside. At least the sunshine pours in and tries to persuade me that it would be a wonderful time to go outside for a walk. However, I can see the outdoor thermometer, as well as seeing the flag in front of the house whipping madly about. There is definitely a strong wind of change blowing….
I have now finished Chapter 4 of my current work in progress, the story of aliens who are trying to to help save planet Earth. Also keeping me busy are two types of Twitter users whom I am busy in blocking. I have no need to see or hear from “haters” and “porn hounds.” I find it strange that Twitter suggests that all those whom I block are registered as those who have unfollowed me. However, I could care less…
Disequilibrium. It’s a thing. With so many certainties in life now in question, all of us are is some sort of free fall, whether we realise it or not. The first big shock to our system, our psyche, was the appearance of Covid19. In early January of 2020, my wife and I made our typical winter getaway to a warm, tropical climate almost on the equator. The first hints of Covid19 in the news seemed to be just another item…
The sky looks gloomy. Rather, I should say that I feel a sense of gloominess when looking at the overcast sky. Words matter. I talked about that yesterday. Listening to the news, reading the endless stream of Tweets and posts on social media suggests that the sun has become absent in most places on planet Earth. It makes a person want to load up all the bots and trolls and dump them into the trash bin. It didn’t take me…
It is early morning, very early. There are lights in the window across the street from the lodging of a man who is older than myself. Lights on are no guarantee that he is awake. I turned on my strings of red lights to counteract the darkness that marks the early morning hours of winter on the Canadian prairies. Despite the sad state of the world at this point in time, I had a good sleep. Getting a good sleep…
Well, that happened! Our world has just flexed its shadow and all is not well in the world. We now have the dark twins, Covid19 and the terrorizing right wing extremists running rampant in the world. No political landscape is escaping the pressure of the right wing which appears intent on collapsing all democratic governments in the world. With the real threat from Covid19, the right wing is able to escalate and draw more and more people under their umbrella….
I find myself, every once in a while making concessions to the fact that it is winter time here on the Canadian prairies. The first concession was to give up free-hiking and put on a few layers of clothing to continue walking. Thus girded against the weather, I have been able to maintain daily walking. Then, when the wind blows while temperatures are below freezing, I make another concession and forgo the countryside for walks around town so as to…
We all have high hopes for 2021. I know that I, like many others, was smiling with determination, wine glass in hand in defiance that this year was going to be better than 2020. The only resolution that came to mind, was the realisation that if there was to be a positive change, it had to begin with me. If left to it’s own devices with me sitting on the side lines, the view into the new year doesn’t look…