OH NO! A MONSTER VIRUS!
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
MONSTER VIRUS
This positive mantra reminds me of the words in the movie ‘What About Bob?’ Poor Bob Wiley was paranoid about almost everything and he was, in this movie, really funny as he baby- stepped through his scary world.
Lately, I’ve felt that way.
I often use humour to get through rough times. I also can understand that saying ‘I feel good, I feel wonderful’ might not be a bad idea. Because this virus outbreak can wear on a person’s sense of security.
Lately, I’ve felt that way.
I often use humour to get through rough times. I also can understand that saying ‘I feel good, I feel wonderful’ might not be a bad idea. Because this virus outbreak can wear on a person’s sense of security.
HOME SWEET HOME
Take the post office. I went there to get some stamps. That’s all I wanted. Stamps. Ten of them. A rather mundane request.
I walked into the post office after reading the warning sign, and I heard,
“Have you been out of the country in the last—?” I forget how long it was.
“No.” I started walking towards the counter.
“No! No sir! Go around the other side of the display counters.”
“Yes mam.”
“How can I help you?”
“I’d like ten stamps.”
“Stay there. Don’t get close.”
“Okay, come here and pick up the stamps.” Etc. Etc.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
I walked into the post office after reading the warning sign, and I heard,
“Have you been out of the country in the last—?” I forget how long it was.
“No.” I started walking towards the counter.
“No! No sir! Go around the other side of the display counters.”
“Yes mam.”
“How can I help you?”
“I’d like ten stamps.”
“Stay there. Don’t get close.”
“Okay, come here and pick up the stamps.” Etc. Etc.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
SOMETHING INTERESTING ON NICHOLSON TRAIL
I went through the Timmy’s drive-through. When I paid, I told her to keep the corona virus change. She looked mystified. I didn’t blame her. I’d used my weird humour.
“You can keep the change because of the virus. It’s a virus tip,” I explained.
She smiled. I think she might have got it. Don’t blame her if she didn’t.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
“You can keep the change because of the virus. It’s a virus tip,” I explained.
She smiled. I think she might have got it. Don’t blame her if she didn’t.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
BELLE COTE BEACH
I sterilized the plastic cup by cleansing it with hydrogen peroxide.
SEAGULLS RELAXING ON BEACH
At the co-op, I went to exchange an empty bottle for a full water bottle.
“We’re not taking exchanges at the moment,” the woman said.
I said. “I guess I’m going to see the empty plastic bottles as big investments for the future.”
She looked at me as she disinfected a bottle of disinfectant.
“In Ontario I turned in a hundred dollars worth of plastic bottles before we took off for Nova Scotia,” I explained.
She thought that was interesting. I’d clarified.
feel good. I feel wonderful. I baby-stepped.
“We’re not taking exchanges at the moment,” the woman said.
I said. “I guess I’m going to see the empty plastic bottles as big investments for the future.”
She looked at me as she disinfected a bottle of disinfectant.
“In Ontario I turned in a hundred dollars worth of plastic bottles before we took off for Nova Scotia,” I explained.
She thought that was interesting. I’d clarified.
feel good. I feel wonderful. I baby-stepped.
BELLE COTE BEACH
At the beer store I told the clerks that my hands were going to fall off from all the hand sterilizer stuff I’d been putting on them. Not a glimmer of a ha-ha.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
Oh, and I’ve had to take my ring off. All the virus killer has made it so my ring keeps slipping off my finger. The last time it fell into the bottom of my grocery bag.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
AN INADVERTENT SCULPTURE
The drugstore was a crap show. I asked the woman why were only two people allowed in and why all the police tape and such. Is there some news I haven’t heard about? Ha,ha,ha.
The woman did squeeze out a grin. She was the one who told me to stay where I was and asked me where I thought I was going.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
The woman did squeeze out a grin. She was the one who told me to stay where I was and asked me where I thought I was going.
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
GOT ME THINKING
A few days ago I woke up with my stomach full of bees when I thought about the world and the virus. It didn’t feel good. It didn’t feel wonderful.
So, I climbed a mountain. I sat on a log and listened to the absolute silence, except for the wind which had just begun to bring in a snow storm. I did feel good and I did feel wonderful. The silence of the wind, the snow, fresh air, the forest, it couldn’t help but make me feel wonderful.
So, I climbed a mountain. I sat on a log and listened to the absolute silence, except for the wind which had just begun to bring in a snow storm. I did feel good and I did feel wonderful. The silence of the wind, the snow, fresh air, the forest, it couldn’t help but make me feel wonderful.
MOUNTAIN FOREST
And you know what. Remember when I told you that they wouldn’t take my empty water bottle for a deposit. That did, at a later date, make me feel good and wonderful.
You see, I was sitting on the couch drinking tea, eating a tuna sandwich and watching Trudeau trying to do his very difficult job. I didn’t watch the other channel because I can’t stand watching the orange clown bragging about how well he is doing his job. Too not feeling good. Too not feeling wonderful.
Sue was also doing a difficult job. She was wiping water up off the floor. She’d dry it and it would be wet again. She’d dry it some more and it would be wet again. She was definitely not feeling good or wonderful.
You see, I was sitting on the couch drinking tea, eating a tuna sandwich and watching Trudeau trying to do his very difficult job. I didn’t watch the other channel because I can’t stand watching the orange clown bragging about how well he is doing his job. Too not feeling good. Too not feeling wonderful.
Sue was also doing a difficult job. She was wiping water up off the floor. She’d dry it and it would be wet again. She’d dry it some more and it would be wet again. She was definitely not feeling good or wonderful.
ME ON MOUNTAIN BY MY LONESOME
I jumped off the couch and checked out the problem. There was, not far away, the new water bottle that I’d bought that morning. I picked it up. It’s heavy. Water was leaking out of a crack at the bottom of the bottle.
Guess what? I had an empty bottle to empty the water into because the store had refused to take it because of the corona virus. Wasn’t that handy? Wasn’t that good and wonderful and coincidental?
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
Hopefully, we all will, at some point.
Guess what? I had an empty bottle to empty the water into because the store had refused to take it because of the corona virus. Wasn’t that handy? Wasn’t that good and wonderful and coincidental?
I feel good. I feel wonderful.
Hopefully, we all will, at some point.
TREES REACHING OUT
