TWO months
to the day since the last blog post, and we are only now starting to come out
of self-isolation and restrictions here in Southwestern Ontario – otherwise known
as Phase 2. Personally, I’m ecstatic because it means I can have a haircut on
Monday!
Suitable
precautions will be in place, both client and stylist will be masked – not quite
sure how the hair washing and cutting will work – and the salon’s waiting room
will now be a client’s car. Call when you arrive and they will call you back to
let you know when you can enter the premises.
As well,
restrictions on gatherings have now been extended to 10 persons, but still
maintaining social distancing. How surreal that these descriptions and
guidelines have become commonplace in such a short span of time.
I never
leave the house without at least two face masks and bottle of hand sanitizer.
But virus
aside, what’s new with Jamie Tremain?
We have
Beholden To None all ready to be sent to the publisher. Just awaiting their
confirmation to submit. Our publisher, as with so many other businesses, have
felt the effects of this pandemic. So processes are moving a little slower.
In the
meantime, Pam and I have dusted off a book we completed about 6 years ago.
Tentatively called “Grant’s Crossing – Death on the Alder”, it is a story in a
different setting than Dorothy Dennehy and her team in Portland, Oregon. We had
such enjoyment creating the story and characters and found we fell in love with
it all over again when we opened it back up to edit, revise, and polish. So that’s our next assignment. Tidy
up, and prepare for publication.
Pam and I
still have not been able to meet face to face, but joy oh joy, our Genre5 group
is planning a socially distanced gathering next week. Outside, on a spacious
deck, we can’t wait to get caught up.
As
mentioned in my previous blog, we started a group project during COVID. A writing exercise that continues to
grow! I’ve just received the most up to
date version of our story and will be adding my contribution over the next day
or two. I can’t believe how much fun this has been, and for 5 writers to be
collaborating on one story has been an adventure.
My journaling
continues and I find it’s been helpful to record my thoughts and document only
a tiny fraction of what the world has been coping with this year.
My
granddaughter, Makenna, turned 15 this week. Another family birthday we’ve been
unable to gather for, but a “birthday drive-by” was arranged by her mother, so
a celebration of sorts. The collection
of family cards and gifts are accumulating. We may need more than one day to
finally sort through them all – the question remains though of when?
I will
continue my daily tracking of virus stats – creating and maintaining spreadsheets
is a quirky hobby of mine – as well as journaling.
Stay safe, stay healthy.
Cheers!
Liz
ps - Accessing the blog today, I learned new formatting was being introduced, so excuse anything that looks out of place. I will be "tinkering" over the next few days!
