Day 19

Friday, April 3, 2020

First, the dinner last night was a huge success! The lovely beef with 3 cups of red wine and other things was succulent beyond belief! Oh yes, there is enough for dinner tonight and I guess there will be enough to freeze for sometime later.

I noted that I'm feeling a tad schizophrenic here - vacillating between being really pissed off with what's going on in the US and what's going on here - politically speaking. I saw in this morning's provincial newspaper that the provincial leader of the NDP has nothing but praise for the way the Premier and Dr. Strang (hero) are handling things to do with COVID-19. Nationally, Prime Minister Trudeau and his team are acting responsibly and firmly. I see that Trudeau and Dr. Tam (another one of those fabulous medical officers) are going to answer kids' questions on Sunday on CBC Kids News. Can you imagine President Trump doing that?

I continue to be alarmed - like everyone else - by the rise in the number of cases world-wide. I watched New York Governor Cuomo and his brother CNN host Chris Cuomo kibitz yesterday in-between the serious talk of what it's like to get this virus. Chris C. is now in his basement feeling like hell and talking about the symptoms. A good piece of information for us all. I know all my relatives, friends and neighbours are staying home - right?

Anne comng home for lunch in Rankin Inlet, NU in 1984.
I love my sealskin kamiks.

In a discussion here on Mt. Crossman, we were wondering if our time in remote Northern Canadian communities prepared us for being housebound for long periods of time with only the occasional sojourn out as absolutely necessary - especially in the winter. We think both being retired and having that experience has helped us with this situation. Rankin Inlet on the west coast of Hudson Bay, Inuvik on the Mackenzie River Delta and even Yellowknife were harsh climes for sure. There are far more stories to tell but I won't do that here. Although the weather was harsh, the people were great and I wouldn't have missed those times for anything.

Daily phone calls to folks continue including the daughter on the west coast and a mapping buddy just up the road here.

Green things are coming along outside the window too.

Onwards!