Monthly Archives: March, 2020

Self Isolation Day 5

…or Loose Ends Please note the time lag. It is now taking me three days to get around to doing anything. This is what I should be doing but am not: 1. Darning in the loose ends on all the mittens I knit this winter. 2. Finishing the hand quilting on the 52 weeks/52 blocks […]

Self Isolation Day 4

….or And Then It Snowed. Sure makes it a lot easier to self isolate when there is snow on the ground. In Newfoundland they call a late spring snow, one around Paddy’s day, Sheila’s Brush. Wait, is it spring yet? What month is it anyway? IT’S ONLY MARCH! Have we had Easter yet? Did I […]

Self Isolation Day 3

….or Nothing to See Here By day three we were rested and caught up on caffeine and puttering about the house organizing things. We’d had eggs delivered and, many thanks to Gail, lacked for nothing. But after reading the news I got to worrying about the virus again and wished for a roll of caution […]

Self Isolation Day 2

…..or News From Camp-Covid Day one of self isolation wasn’t worth writing about. It entailed a lot of sleep and unpacking and then some more sleep. By day two I had partially regained some of my mojo and so reorganized the kitchen cupboards to accommodate the hunker-down stores I brought back from Florida. Thankfully Vienna […]

Taking Flight

… ..or ♪ It’s a Long Way to River Mersey ♫ They were testing positive just down the road in Tampa when we hunkered down to wait it out until the end of May, best case scenario, and worse case the end of June. After two weeks of self-imposed isolation our plan was looking a […]