Well I was rather shell-shocked with the US election results yesterday. I will try to recover quickly and hope that maybe he can at the very least, put on the back burner the most horrible of his plans and somehow entirely forget about a couple.
I have just the faintest glimmer of hope that he will manage to leave a bit of Obama's legacy intact. He won't be able to tarnish the grace, integrity and leading by example of the outgoing President. That is unlikely to be matched. Is it even possible for Trump to consider Obama's lifestyle as an example of how to behave?
I'm cleaning the apartment, including washing the windows and vacuuming in corners, to make my world bright and clean. It feels a bit sullied by all the election coverage that has flowed out of my TV for the last many months. Although a bit of a train wreck I couldn't look away as I was at the same time completely unable to do anything about it.
The narrative I've been writing of my grandmother's life is now in the hands of a friend. I'm making no attempt to produce a volume of interest to a general audience. This is for and about the family. The next phase is to collect and arrange and edit as needed, the photographs I have available as illustrations. Subsequently I will use some sort of online publishing tools to make it available for any who wish a copy.
My flight to and from Ireland is booked. Embarkation on the adventure will be 5 January and my return is scheduled for 13 April. I will be home for Easter yet not in time to be the main provider of dinner. Yay! Actually, now that Janet has such a wonderful large home in an idyllic setting she's ended up the default host. Yay again. There are so many benefits from having a condo apartment rather than a house. For one thing - no garden to put to bed, nor leaves to rake.
Tom and Susan are supposed to come to Ottawa - well Pakenham - the weekend of Dec 9 to celebrate the Burns Christmas a bit early. It's unlikely that Mark will make it but Heather should be here. I have my fingers crossed that she is able to come a few days early to help me with the "photo project". By Christmas I'd like to have all of the relevant family pictures organized, scanned, duplicated for safe-keeping, and originals given to whomever among us wants them. The very old irreplaceable ones will stay in the firesafe. Copies can be made for any who desire them. From what I've recently learned, the hard copies will outlast the digital images and I have to make sure that all are properly preserved.
So - back to my cleaning now. It does feel good to get this done - even though I've only finished the living and dining rooms so far. Where is that mop?
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