2020 has answered the question "Hank why do ya drink?" Anyone else’s car getting three weeks to the gallon now? At this point I would feel safer if the Coronavirus held a press conference to tell us how it's going to save us from the government. Due to my isolation, I finished 3 books yesterday. … Continue reading ‘Rona #29 – Pundemic Groaners and Other Funny Thoughts
For most of the last 270 days, our evening meal has been consumed, in our home, at the kitchen island Eating Bar, by a Party of Two. What with Lockdowns; Mandates of how big our social bubble can be; living in a rural setting (a bad mosquito season this summer); general caution by others for … Continue reading At Home Dining – We Up our Game
https://vimeo.com/194276412 An uplifting 3D animation about a Father (Copi) and his son who are trying to find the balance between assigned tasks and creative living. Watch what happens when this is out of balance. Does it make you think about how unbalanced we have become in the 'RonaWorld? What colour are you when you are … Continue reading What Colour is a Balanced Life? (Video)
Hans Rosling discusses how Chimps and People differ in answering multiple choice questions. If a group of chimpanzees were given a challenge that had three possible responses, the likelihood is that each one of the responses would be chosen by 33% of the chimps. That's not the case with humans. Why? Hans explains how bias … Continue reading ‘Rona #27 – Chimps and the Evening News – Hans Rosling TEDTalk (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5dPn_eP7Q This is perhaps the most inspired (and funny) example of the creativity that has been inspired by the Coronavirus (which in this case could be called the Wuhan Flu because that sounds much more 'highbrow'!) The Composer, arranger and pianist is Jeff DePaoli. The Sheet Music is available at SheetMusicPlus.
We're All in This Together - but in an Apples to Oranges kind of way. Just look at Social Distancing regulations! WHO (the World Health Organization), China, Denmark, Hong Kong, and Singapore - 1 metre or 3 feet apart. Australia, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - 1.5 metres. USA - CDC says … Continue reading ‘Rona #25 – Going the Distance
Mass and Social Media have done a good job of making people highly fearful of COVID-19. However, as we learn more about the virus, statistics and studies support a less fearful scenario. The media dwells on case counts but it is becoming obvious that confirmed cases are mostly mild and don't, in fact, represent the … Continue reading ‘Rona #24 Alberta and COVID-19 – Facts Amid the Fears
Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once. – Paulo Coelho - Nothing, but also everything - isn't that what the past few months have been like!? Now the world is tuning in for the Covid Analysis. It will … Continue reading Taking a Break
Wearing a Face Mask. This is still a matter of choice in many parts of the world, though there are places that have made it mandatory under certain circumstances. There does seem to be agreement that home made masks will not block the entry of a virus. These masks might, however, reduce virus spread by … Continue reading ‘Rona #23 – Face Masks – When and Where to Wear
There is a rock (glacial erratic) in the field behind our property. It is about the size of a small house and is a favourite resting spot for many species of birds. This year the coveted 'peak' is being hotly contested by a group of male mallard ducks, a pair of Canada Geese, some magpies … Continue reading ‘Rona #22 – Sitting Duck
