March 28 - You Know What They Say About The Best Of Well-Laid Plans

Housesits have collapsed
I scroll through air bnbs
Sad to be homeless

March 27 - Not Exactly the Bon Sushi Experience We're Used To, But The Chicken Karage Is Very Good

First time for takeout
We queue outside in silence
Grab the food and run

March 26 - I Can Even Cycle Shelbourne Right Now,That's How Few Cars There Are

When I ride my bike
I don't think about COVID
That is worth a lot

March 25 - I Would Like Social Distancing Just Fine If My Family Members Were Included In My "OK" Group

Skype play date for Paul
His voices entertain me
Missing those wee girls

March 24 - A Conference Call In Which I Hope I'm Not Scaring The Nice People As All The Pent-Up Thoughts Come Bursting Out

Uh-oh, I'm ranting
It's my looming behaviour
This time via Zoom

March 23 - In Which I Endure The Grim Realities Of Grocery Stores In A Pandemic To Make Sure Dorothy Doesn't Make A Crazy Decision To Go Out With What Is Surely The Very Serious Version Of This Damn Virus

Food drop for my pal
She looks ghastly, but it's clear
she's not going to die

March 22 - Back At Jeff's House, Which I've Started To Think Of As "Home"

Allergies better
Was it dogs or poison sticks?
No matter. It's done

March 21 - At Least The Boy Got A Good-Looking Cake And Knows How To Make His Own Fun

Happy birthday, O
He won't soon forget this one
Party has to wait

March 20 - Practising My Belief That The Sun Can Heal Everything While Reading "100 Years Of Solitude" In Spanish

Duvet-draped deck chair
Me with my face in the sun
My snores wake me up

March 19 - Communiques All Over The Place As The Implications Of An Unprecedented Global Pandemic On Social Care Services Sinks In

Plan was less hours
That won't work with panic on
Someone has to lead

March 18 - It's Hard To View Anything As Normal When Nothing Is Normal

No wee girls today
It's for the best - my lungs hurt
Stay calm, could be flu

March 17 - At Least I Will Save Time Now That Everybody Has Shifted To Phone Interviews Only

No one wants to meet
Face-to-face is just a dream
Normal is no more

March 16 - The End Of The World As We Know It, Except I Don't Feel Fine

If it weren't for fear,
this would be a lovely day
Hard to get work done

March 15 - Me On The Deck On A Windy, Sunny Day

If I wrap up tight
and drape the duvet just so
I can sun my face

March 14 - A Howling Walk On Willows With Atlas Speaks To The Moment

Are these winds of change?
Gusts blow us hither and yon
Metaphor for now

March 13 - The Things That Haunt You When Confronted With Other People's Freakouts Over The Virus

Lineups are crazy
What are they stocking up on?
Their panic feeds mine

March 12 - And Just Like That, The World As We Know It Is Gone And The Panic Is Palpable

Funny how wheezing
takes on a whole new meaning
in paranoid times

March 11- I Am Possibly As Pale As I've Ever Been

Sun time in the yard
So grateful for this bone warmth
Why did we stay put?

March 10 - The Realities Of COVID-19 Sinks In For The Drifters

Time for a Plan B
When travellers don't travel,
we end up homeless

March 9 - The Thing With Journalism IsThat It Can Be Discouraging To Know The Truth

All-cannabis day
Stories from tech to old-school
We screwed this one up

March 8 - Recovery Day

Just like that, they're gone
Adrenaline surge lingers
Clean the house. Walk dogs

March 7 - And Now We Are 11, Which Is About 9 Too Many For Rosetta's Tastes

Mill Bay hockey win
Cerys cheers: "Great job, Owen!"
Dinner is chaos

March 6 - A Sweet Older Boy Cousin Is A Blessing For Entrancing The Young Ones

Super-star Owen
steps up to save the park trip
We feed many ducks

March 5 - I'm Not As Easy-Going As You Might Think When Tasked With Living With Two Toddlers

Hitting kid highlights
Today it's Gyro. So cold!
Dinners are stressful

March 4 - A Visitor From Vancouver Marks The Second Stage Of Much Family Visiting

Butchart day with Sam
Cerys photographs flowers
then rides the rabbit

March 3 - I Wake Up After A Sleepless Night Of Sorrows And Lay It All On The Working Group

Exhausted and sad
Weren't we going to strategize?
Money grabs R Us

March 2 - A Passenger-Only Catamaran With No Room To Run Is Not Ideal For Toddlers

Rainy welcome home
No stopping with two wee kids
Puddles await us

March 1 - We Walk All Over This Very Nice City

Zoos make me happy
Milestone: Cerys feeds pigeons
Grey day, but no rain

Feb 29 - In Other News, Cerys Gets Brave On The Great Wheel

Ramble through Pike Place
I pin Vickie near a fish
That would make her laugh

Feb 28 - Work-Focused As The 5 PM Clipper Sailing Creates A Firm Deadline

Off to Seattle
Downtown condo for six, please
I share Paul's donair