Good Morning! It’s a cloud day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It is also a touch cool with the temperature, getting out of bed sitting at -12.2 C | 10.04 F. If we are lucky we might see a wee bit of sunshine throughout the day. But for most parts it will remain cloudy. Highway 522 is mostly bare and dry, but there are a few, snow covered areas after heading east past Highway 524 or, as some calls it, Farleys Corners. It seems that stretch of highway is always the worst for snow, throughout the winter months. So travelling won’t be all that bad today if you’re in need of a few things. Yesterday, being nice and sunny, my lovely wife and I went to town to pick up the things we will need for Christmas. We made it so that we only had to go into two stores. Both were very busy, but we kept away from most people when ever we could. That main thing is going into these places is to make sure you wear a good clean mask, use a good disinfectant on your hands, and wash them as soon as you get back into your car or when you get home. We don’t take any chances. Especially now with this new variant entering into the picture. As I have said many times, I am thinking this virus will be among us for a few years till everyone has had it. The good thing is that those that have had the vaccine aren’t as bad off as those that didn’t get the vaccine. It doesn’t matter how strong you think you are neither, as if it gets into you, your chances aren’t all that good. My advice … Take the precautions necessary and get the vaccine. But, it’s up to you. While in town we dropped off a meal or two for our son in his parking lot, chatted a bit then headed on home. We had a good time taking in things we haven’t seen for a while. It is good to get away to different places from time to time and breath some different air. Today I will be working here in the house on a story or two I have in mind. So with that I am off to put another piece of wood in our wood furnace and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. Only 27 days till Christmas. GW

One more thing. My way of looking at banning flights from countries with this new virus. I think we should do that, but we should also share more vaccines with those countries that aren’t vaccinated. Along with that, we should be sharing all data of new variants quickly. And it should be noted that Africa did that. The only defence we have is if we all work together and help each other, all across the world. And more importantly, we should be trying harder to get the correct information to those that doesn’t believe in these new vaccines, in hopes they come to realize, that this isn’t a conspiracy, or anything else and that it is a deadly disease. It’s a shame that a lot have to die for no reason. Anyway, have a great day.

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