Three Months Plus

Saturday, June 13, 2020

I have been thinking about how - or if - things will change after this pandemic. I find myself not having much faith that there will be improvements in how we act or how much we will be driving or how much stuff we'll be buying or how many trips to the stores or how much local buying there will be. 

There is a new bakery in Annapolis Royal that just opened up. I think folks are just so delighted to have something new - and delicious by all accounts - that they bought them out on Wednesday, Thursday Friday and today.

I see we are going to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Nova Scotia Charter next year. Here is some information on that historic event. In 1621, James 1 of England (VI of Scotland) granted Acadia to Sir William Alexander who renames it New Scotland (Nova Scotia). In 1625, the Baronet of Nova Scotia is founded. 

The hair is now getting a tad wild - like everyone else, I guess. I will be getting that looked after next week. My toes look fabulous! My feet look better than they have for months - literally. Darlene (one of my excellent friends) at Lite Touch Day Spa in Bridgetown also brought me up to date on the town's goings-on. I had to wear a mask but that's OK. I couldn't give any hugs - maybe next time in July!

I am happy to report that I have actually seen 6 real people this week! Our friends Sandy and Chris showed Bill their amazing gardens in Granville Beach while I had a cup of tea in Sandy's bakery; our friends Tracy and Keith dropped off our takeout dinner yesterday and we chatted in the backyard for a bit; and our friends Lillian and John dropped by today to give us some errant fondue forks from last year's Christmas party. We had a great chat about all kinds of things while hanging around in the backyard.

Lastly, I am reading THE END OF THE CBC? by David Taras and Christopher Waddell. This will be a cheery tale, I'm sure. Some of you know that I worked for the Mother Corp. for a number of years - mostly in radio and mostly in the hinterland. While inside the pale, we bitched and complained constantly about cutbacks, the Torontocracy, and the Ottawacracy. But all in all, I am proud of the work our colleagues did on behalf of our audiences. I know the staff in my last station in Inuvik which served the Western Arctic knew why they were there and did their very best. I am proud of them all and continue to keep in touch with some of them. When I first went there, we did 3 hours of radio programming in the morning and then 6 hours throughout the afternoon of English, Gwich'in, Slavey, and Inuvialuktun programming. I went back to Inuvik for a business visit in 2010 and was shocked to hear one hour of programming.

As far as television is concerned, I'd best say not much. I am a 1960s viewer when there was drama and other really interesting stuff on the CBC station. It's kind of really boring these day. And I won't even say anything about news. Ah well, the words of "why, in my day...." come to mind.

Onwards!