Day 7

Sunday, March 22, 2020

I was much relieved to talk to my sister-in-law yesterday! She and her daughter are back in Nova Scotia, thank goodness. As far as I know, all my snowbird relatives and friends are back from the land of OMG. And a lovely friend from Alberta called to see that we are OK. They had a blizzard last weekend and their 40 cows are in now waiting for the Grand Birthing routine that happens every spring.

I woke up this morning thinking about what I would "talk about" this morning. I have tried both to keep up with the virus news, the politics of it all and to keep my mind otherwise occupied. I sort of succeeded. Saw an interesting website of the the virus stats - Data Map. While it is a tad scary, it is an interesting blend of technology and world-wide information.

I watch CBC NewsNetwork (or whatever they call it these days), CNN and BBC for information. I used to work for CBC and I don't like what it has become these days. That's for another post, I think. Some of the hosts on CNN are pretty good, in my opinion. I will be watching what Fareed Zacharia has to say today. The Beeb always has a good world view.

Last evening I went far away for fun and watched Blues Brothers 2000. There were more musicians than you could shake a stick at! It was silly and fun and the music was just great. I put it in the same category as O Brother What Art Thou. I think I have to find that CD and play it today. I see that the various opera venues are streaming productions these days too. Thanks for all this, it helps as we move into the second week of really close in-house-staying.

I will be making some phone calls today to family and friends to check in and hear their voices. I may also send out some emails.

And we are having scallops for supper. That's it for now.

Onwards!