Damn, Sara hasn't been in, yet. * checks cookies jars and scarfs last lemon bar *
How's things? Wrote a battle scene set in the milieu of "Night of the Wind". In fact, it's a flashback to Dev's past that will likely be part of a new story about him. We shall see. IOW, I am writing and things may be coming.
Lovely day here, which was unexpected. They were originally calling for us to get a week of showers and rain.
Nice day here. Might get out for a walk after dinner. Had to get some stuff we ordered from a couple stores (curbside pickup) so that took care of my lunch hour and breaks, else I might have gone earlier. Ontario released a very high-level plan for re-opening with no actual dates involved, just conditions to be met to trigger the first phase. We do know that school is out until May 31 at minimum.
* grabs a tea and... * She brought CARROT CAKE COOKIES AGAIN!!! * scarfs two and heads for his chair *
Ended up nicer than expected here, so I guess I can't complain. Had my son's authentic Italian spaghetti carbonara (well, he says it's based on an authentic recipe anyhow) for dinner. Good stuff but rather rich.
Green tea and ... CARROT CAKE COOKIES?!?!?!?!. * grabs two and hunkers down in a chair *
Latest virus news here is that Ontario's new model shows that things have peaked in terms of the broader community, but the situation in long-term care facilities (aka nursing homes) is not so hot. Still curving upwards. Which, sadly, appears to be the case in Quebec as well. So, things are looking up save that there needs to be a real effort in that sector.
On top of all the Covid trials and tribulations, Canada had its worst mass shooting in history over the weekend in Nova Scotia, which is really the last place I would have expected to see something like that happen (my beloved spouse lived there for 2 years just before becoming Mrs. Mendalla so I know the place a bit). 19 dead, possibly more still to be found. Shooter was eventually taken out by the RCMP (they got their man as always) but not before he took killed a 23-year veteran Mountie who was a mother of two and wounded another Mountie. Info on other victims is still coming out but we've got teachers, nurses, a family of three whose lockdown kitchen parties had gone viral on Facebook, and God knows what else. The last time we had a shooting of this scale, 1989, I had just graduated from my Masters program and started my first career.
Okay, enough glum news from North of the border. Anyone got some nice kitten videos or something to raise the mood?
I shall join the one above me in a lemon ginger tea.
Windy again this aft. We're supposed to be the Forest City, not the Windy City. Better than yesterday, at least, when it sounded like a full force gale (an American storm...)
Our government has been waffling on pot shops. First they were essential, then they were closed, then they were allowed to do curbside (you order in advance and they bring it out to your car). But nail salons and pro wrestling being essential?? One thing about being in respiratory health care right now. No one questions whether you're essential or not.
Oo, there's a pink jellyfish left for afternoon tea.
Spidey, though I like Human Torch, too.
Avengers or Justice League?
Come for the cookies, stay for the fun people. * takes a bunny and an egg *
Damn, all the couches and chairs have rabbits discussing the most efficient way to deliver eggs.
Larry, glad to hear Victor was okay in the end. We never had a chocolate incident with our dog but i am well aware of the risks. Try to get him to stick to Sara's pet treats going forward.
Was nice for a while here but it's turning stormy now. Apparently there's a nasty system rolling in tonight.
* Takes a duck and a tulip of the non-sugar variety. *
Nice day. Got a walk in. More people out than previous weekends when I've been walking but social distancing was being observed.
A big hello to Naomi. Welcome to Inspirations. Hopefully you'll find some. I find it in the cookie jars, generally.
Addams Family * snap snap *
Batman or Superman?
Not often I wander in here in the evening.
* checks cookies *
Mmmm. White macadamia nut. Goes good with my green tea.
Not much happening 'round here. Contemplating my next bit of writing.
I do miss vinyl from time to time. Don't have a record player anymore, though.
Can never have too much Joni Mitchell. Fell in love with her music back in the seventies when I was still a kid. I recall that in Grade 6, several musical groups from my school went up the street to a senior's home to perform for them and the choir did a setting of "Both Sides Now". Of course, Joni was still recording in that era and songs like Big Yellow Taxi and Free Man in Paris were getting airplay.
* puts another green tea on and listens to some Joni Mitchell *
Good afternoon. Housecleaning done, yard raked, just taking it easy and listening to some Lissie (see AnnaMayZing's post upthread).
Brewing some green tea and taking some of Sarah's cookies for an afternoon snack.
Morning tea time. Hello, all. Still gets below freezing here in the night, but we're getting double digit highs (in C) so spring seems to be happening.
Well, I've been working my way through a Great Courses series on the Arthurian canon and found a translated collection of Chretien de Troyes' works on Hoopla (library e-lending service) so I've been reading Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart, which was the first recorded appearance of Lancelot as a character.
I am scouting around to see if there's some recent Arthurian fiction and found one about, oddly enough, Lancelot but it uses a historical Dark Ages Arthurian setting and I find Lancelot is a tough character to make fit in those. He's very much a product of medieval French romances, unlike Gawain or Percival/Parsival, who have antecedents in old Welsh texts.
* grabs a ghost and a tea *
Good afternoon. Had a nice, if chilly, walk.
Started watching a course from The Great Courses on Arthurian literature. The Arthur cycle of legends and stories use to be a thing with me in high school and university. Even took an English course on the subject as an elective in uni. Somewhere along the line, though, it seems to have dropped off my radar. Thought maybe the course would get me interested again. Open to suggestions for good recent Arthurian novels. I think the last new Arthurian work I read was The Winter King (1995) by Bernard Cornwell. That was the first book of a trilogy so I suppose I could start by finishing the trilogy, eh.
Nice to see Sugarbaby and Tonya popping by Inspirations. Putting the kettle on for some tea. Anyone else?
Home office is set up and we are keeping our shopping trips to a couple per week. I walk for exercise but even in good times, I don't meet many people and tend to pass them at a distance
Weather is good here, at least, if a bit chilly.
Read the new Scamp and it's a delight as usual.
(He says as he takes a duck and a bunny 
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(just pretend that's tea regardless of the code is called)
