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I Get to Stay Home

I Get to Stay Home

There is so much talk these days about staying home. Funny songs abound with the message to stay the F at home. Celebrities and government officials keep preaching the message and many people are listening. I wake each morning and say to Burton 'I get to stay home...

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And Then it’s April

And Then it’s April

Ok we got through March.Change and adaptation escalated or rose exponentially as the experts say about Covid19. The 'virus " has entered all our vocabularies and our mindsets. Last night my eight year old granddaughter voiced her opinion that she would probably not be...

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Shortlists and Social Distancing

Shortlists and Social Distancing

I opened an e-mail yesterday entitled 'Good News NB Book Award Shortlist'. It was good news and news I had kept under my hat for two weeks. Fear of Drowning has been shortlisted for the Mrs. Dunster's Fiction Award. Initially I had been so excited anticipating the...

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In These Uncertain Times

In These Uncertain Times

March is waning. On the horizon April and May look the same as what we see right now. I have no profound words of wisdom but yet feel the need to voice my thoughts this morning. I am ok. I am fine at home . I am quite used to the routine that is now my only option. I...

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These March Days

These March Days

In the letters I wrote to my granddaughters yesterday I said that they will always remember these March days of 2020.For now they are March days and it is quite certain these strange days will continue into April and May and who knows how much longer. Strange days of...

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Breathe, Hold Your Breath and Exhale

Breathe, Hold Your Breath and Exhale

Breathe, hold your breath, exhale, calm yourself, believe and accept and then what? I am the person who stayed tuned for hours watching the twin towers fall over and over. I am the person who watches the water rise during flood season when our community and so many...

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