I am reading a most interesting book, only one of about ten at the moment. It is a true story about a sixty one year old retiree from Normandy, who decides to walk the three thousand mile Silk Road, from Istanbul to X'ian, China.
This book caught my attention for two reasons. One, I have a fixation on books written in the first person about their treks on long long trails, like the Pacific Coast one, and the Appalation one. And two, I read the book The Journeyer, by Gary Jennings. This story was written about Marco Polo's journey to China, and the Silk Road figured greatly in it. Plus, Bill and I have actually been on parts of the Silk Road.
Anyway, he talks about his age in the book. He refers to his age, sixty one, as an in-between age. That got me thinking. In-between what and what?
I think it is this. When you are in your fifties you are still young. If you read about someone dying in their fifties, you go, "Oh my, tsk tsk, so young!" If someone dies in their seventies, you go, "Oh well, I am sure he/she had a good life." Fifties you are still young, seventies you are old. Sixties is just confusing.... in-between.
A wee note here: for Cari. I remember you reading the Journeyer. I have a feeling you would love this book I am reading right now. I am not that far into it yet but in a very short time it has totally captivated me. He is a wonderful author. His name is Bernard Olivier. His book's name is Out of Istanbul: A Journey of Discovery along the Silk Road. Soooo good!
I don't usually recommend books unless asked as I don't presume to know what people are going to want to read. But I have a feeling this one just might be up Cari's alley!!! But knowing the exciting life she leads and all her travels, she probably has already read it and Bernard is an honoured friend of theirs! Wouldn't that be a hoot, but not totally out of the realm of possibility!!!!!
I just got off the phone with Kevin. What an interesting hour long convo that was!!! He is against the vaccine, for right now. He does want to wait until Pfizer finishes the next batch of studies on it. Even they admitted that there were problems with it as it is now and how it messes with the auto immune system. That is why kids under 12 and pregnant women are exempt at the moment from getting it. When the testing is finished he will decide. And I can totally understand and agree with that.
But the conversation somewhat centred around this latest bully tactic the government has inflicted on us. Talk about Brave New World. One must be vaccinated to obtain a 'vaccinated passport' to enter certain places. They are messing with our freedoms. Can't go places, commonly used places like restaurants, nightclubs, gyms, sporting events etc. Gotta show your papers everywhere you go. I am feeling that this is wrong. And I am shocked. Our little province and country that always, ALWAYS, lowers every decision and law to the lowest common denominator...the homeless soul living behind a dumpster, has made a law that sure doesn't apply to the lowest common denominator this time. And that passport is a first step on a very slippery slope.
My personal opinion is that a passport wasn't necessary for anything other than foreign travel to get into countries that demand it. If the goal was to protect the unvaccinated, we should have done it organically...lock downs and masking and distancing and limiting large indoor gatherings. But if the goal was forcing people to get a vaccine against their will, which is no doubt what they were after, then this is exactly what the bullies did.
And I do believe that the lockdown route wasn't chosen for two reasons. One, other bullies...restauranteurs, gym owners, nightclub owners, movie theatres....all would have had a fit, which would not make the government look too great. The economy! The economy!! And two, it wouldn't force people into getting vaccinated, the ultimate goals. Which looks better?...a fully vaccinated province or a population having loud complaining fits about having to shut down. Either way we will reach herd immunity and soon. The more unvaccinated people that get covid the faster we reach that magic number. This covid will just be another flu to vaccinate against every year. And of course who are the great winners in all of this? Big Pharma of course.
Anyway it is going to be a very interesting few weeks. I think there is a large group of people of a certain age that are not used to having their goodies taken away. We will see what happens!
I made the best curry last night. I really do think it is the best I have ever made. Monte is doing the Paleo as I mentioned. I am trying to make a dish he can eat each night. The other day Pat gave us a smallish corned brisket. I popped it into the crockpot along with six whole onions and a whack of small carrots. About four hours later I added a third of a chicken broth litre and a half a can of tomato paste and Patak curry paste. To finish it off after another hour of cooking, I added some Greek yoghurt. Holy moly!!! It was amazing!!! The spices used to corn a beef is your basic pickling spice mixture. And that is what is often used to grind up and use as masala in curries. So the flavour of the meat totally blended with the curry. And that is more than you ever wanted to know about my curried brisket!
Monte is off at the moment visiting a friend. He will be home soon to pick me up. We are going to go to QF next door and pick up a roasted chicken and a salad then head down to the Quay or marina and listen to music and have a picnic. We love sitting down there. Right now the fish are returning and jumping like crazy. And a plethora of seals have showed up to chase them and eat! Giant eagles are swooping down and flapping off with big salmon in their talons, heading home to their baby filled nests. The world is really one big restaurant, as Woody Allen says.
I will put challenges on next post. Stay safe and TTYL!
"If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you." Chuck D
No comments:
Post a Comment