PAUL GAUGUIN ONCE SAID , ” LE LAID PEUT ÊTRE BEAU ” … THE UGLY CAN BE BEAUTIFUL.

THE NEWS TODAY CAN BE LIKE DARK CLOUDS THAT HOVER OVER MY DAY.  

HERE IS MY LATEST WORK. 

IN MY OLD LIFE BEFORE ISOLATION ( DID I REALLY JUST WRITE THAT?)  I WOULD MEET UP WITH MY AQUAFIT GROUP MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAYS ,AFTER OUR CLASS, AT MCDONALD’S FOR A CUP OF COFFEE AND A CHAT.

IT IS EASY TO GIVE IN TO FEAR. I FIND MYSELF DOING IT MYSELF.  MY INBOX SEEMS TO HAVE A NEW COVID-19 STORY EVERYDAY AND EVEN THE CORONAVIRUS JOKES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY SHARED KEEP THIS DREADED DISEASE IN THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND. 

I hope you enjoy this too….

*What is the Corona/ Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching us?*

ISOLATION: WEEK ONE.

ONCE IN A WHILE WE JUST CRAVE A ROAD TRIP. PERHAPS IT’S BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE KILOMETERS WE SPENT DRIVING ON OUR CANADIAN SPIRITLINE TOUR . BUT I DON’T THINK SO . 

I SAW THIS REALLY INFORMATIVE VIDEO THAT I’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. 

MAN!  HAS IT REALLY BEEN LESS THAN A WEEK THAT WE’VE BEEN ISOLATING? 

THESE 2 IMAGES SPOKE TO ME AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU.

HOME. WHAT A BITTERSWEET JOURNEY WE MADE TO GET HERE. WE PACKED UP THREE WEEKS EARLY AND DROVE STRAIGHT THROUGH AND ARRIVED HOME 15 HOURS AFTER WE BEGAN .

YESTERDAY WAS THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. ALREADY.

TODAY WE DECIDED TO LEAVE VANCOUVER THREE WEEKS EARLY . WE STAY HERE FOR A MONTH EVERY YEAR TO BE NEAR OUR SONS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

I’M FEELING SO BLESSED THAT I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ART ROOM IN WHICH TO CREATE. 

THIS WEEK I WORKED ON ANOTHER ADDITION FOR MY ‘WAYS TO GET THERE’ SHOW.

SELF ISOLATION.  DID WE EVER IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD HEAR THESE WORDS IN OUR LIFETIME OR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT OURSELVES? 

I JUST READ THESE BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FROM POPE FRANCIS….

OUR SON, DARREN, TURNED 33 TODAY.   WE WERE INVITED TO COME OVER FOR DINNER BUT BEFORE THAT TIME TERRY AND I RAN AROUND THE CITY TRYING TO FIND SUPPLIES FOR OUR ‘ISOLATION’ …LIKE ( YOU GUESSED IT) TOILET PAPER… OF WHICH THERE WAS NONE TO BE FOUND.

WE DIDN’T GO TO CHURCH YESTERDAY. UNLESS I HAVE BEEN VERY ILL THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME. OUR CHURCHES ARE CLOSING DUE TO COVID-19 . THIS IS A SURREAL TIME . IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE IN A ‘DISASTER MOVIE’ ABOUT A PANDEMIC BUT WHEN THE COUNTRY OF ITALY SHUTS ITS BOARDERS IT IS NOT FAKE NEWS OR A JOKE. SCARY STUFF.

TERRY AND I HAD ONE OF OUR SHOWS CALL IN TO CANCEL DUE TO FEARS ABOUT THE CORONA VIRUS. THE HOSTS SAID THAT SOME OF THEIR GUESTS WERE NERVOUS TO GATHER .

BOB IS 89 AND HE FINALLY DECIDED THAT IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND GET TO AQUAFIT ( WHICH IS WHERE WE MET) .  FIGHTING WITH THE SNOW,  TRAVERSING THE ICY PARKING LOT AT THE POOL , AND EVEN THE CLASS AND THE GETTING DRESSED AT THE END WERE A TRIAL ( I KNOW THIS TOO) . AND ALSO BOB DECIDED HE IS DONE WITH DRIVING.

ARE THERE SHADOWS IN YOUR LIFE?   WHAT IS DARKENING THE LIGHT OF YOUR DAYS ?