Flypaper thoughts, yup we are still at this place edition

• I remember, not that long ago
• Saying, well we will see you the end of the summer 
• When things are back to normal
• I think we all are pondering life more these days
• The only folks I am losing patience with
• Are those who are pressing on and expect you to too
• What part of a global pandemic aren't you getting?
• But it is good that we are doing what other generations did
• Considered that life is fragile
• And should be lived with some thought
• More than anything I am finding I want to read more
• Of the old philosophers for instance
• Of course so far I am only reading quotes on Pinterest
• But that's a start
• Seneca had things to say I can tell you
• Overall though 
• This is what I am thinking myself
• Sickness and death are part of life not some kind of mistake
• Almost everybody before us knew that
• It's part of the deal
• So it's important to 
• No matter what you are faced with
• To find what learning you could be doing from it or in it
• This is what I have got so far
• A fabric stockpile is a good thing
• If you are ever going to be holed up for long
• You'll need it
• Canadians get this anyway I think
• We are always braced for The Big Storm
• That's why we have chest freezers
• And figure a furnace, heat pump, pellet stove and generator in the garage should just about do it
• Friends are a good thing
• Possible the most important good thing
• If you ever doubted that this big storm came to remind you
• Never before in my life have I so deeply enjoyed the company of other people
• Been so thrilled by new friendships
• Fascinated by the conversation of people in the neighbourhood
• Daisy and I meet
• A retired policeman who had both hips done
• Fascinating
• And grandmothers, like me, running summer day camps
• Dusting off the picture books, filling the wading pools with the hose
• Making vintage lunches for kids who say is it healthy
• Which reminds me of a grievance
• Why does A&W have a grandpa burger, a mama burger
• A papa burger, a teen burger and a baby burger
• But no grandma burger?
• There are pictures of grandma doing the cooking
• But no burger of her own
• 4,000 years of human history summed up right there
• Me
• I had to order an uncle burger
• Yes the uncle got one
• An uncle
• Those guys arrive late and leave before the dishes
• Who do I talk to about this?
• Back to friends
• There is something that you let out when you talk to a friend that you are not supposed to be holding in
• If we all lived as if the most important thing in the world was other people
• Pretty much any problem I can think of right now would be solved
• And you know what?
• I am glad Seneca took the time