YouTube Nights

One of my favourite memories (quickly scribbeld down so that I can get back to the moment):

Our Saturday nights listening to dad’s YouTube list and telling him to not change the song before it’s over and he gets nostalgic. And we sing along to covers of top 40 songs from the couch and then I dance in the kitchen, and I try to guess the cover artist and mom is falling asleep and Jono is texting and Virtute keeps drinking my water and falling asleep on dad ("the world's worst DJ"). And we try to fan away Luna’s farts, and listen  to Scary Pockets

#lunarwinds #memories

September 22, 2020 Pandemic Rant

September 22, 2020

I don’t exactly remember the first time I heard about a deadly respiratory virus that was beginning to ravage a part of China I had never heard about.

But I remember crying at some point. And I remember not long after getting the feeling that this virus’ arrival in Canada was inevitable; the sense of foreboding.

The clench in my gut when I thought of what might happen to all the Chinese shopkeepers whose faces I knew but whose names remained unknown to me. Wondering if their imports could put them at risk; knowing that peoples’ reactions to the virus most certainly would.

And I remember being told that school events were being cancelled. And realizing we would eventually be locked down.

But I never once imagined that it would last this long.

Human Family, by Maya Angelou

We are all responsible for the energy we bring into the room, but there are ways to help bring out the best in eachother.

Our inferences operate in different ways.

Some people are inclined to look at a person's situation and try to infer their character from there. Others first observe the character and make inferences on the situation behind it.