Life at the time of coronavirus – Spring 2020

Blueberries

Bonnie called the other day: “Mena! We are going to buy some frozen blueberries, from the organic farm where we get the fresh ones in the summer. Would you like some?” Hmm, blueberries, I love blueberries, and I have only a bag left in the freezer. “Yes, of course!...

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Grocery shopping at the time of coronavirus

I went to the grocery store this morning.  It opens at 9am, but seniors can start shopping at 8am. I was there at 8:05, oh my, if it was packed! With seniors of all sexes and ages. In French they have a jolly name for our age, they call us tamalous. It’s the...

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Walking at the time of coronavirus

I went for a walk with my friend Christine yesterday. We are both seniors, and as it happens to people of our age, the senses at a certain point start to fail. Christine is very bright and fit, but she is hard at hearing, even though she gladly wears hearing aids. I...

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A crownless virus

The word coronavirus sounds intimidating. A virus with a corona is not an everyday stuff. It’s more like a tyrant sitting on a bulletproof throne, a tentacular monster on the lookout for its next victim. This crowned virus is red, the colour of danger, it is compact...

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