- 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
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