Kathleen and I aren’t doing anything differently, as we already live in self isolation. We live on 565 acres, with the closest neighbour over a mile away. Right now I’m sitting in front of the fire (in my Helinox Ground Chair!) reading news articles on the internet. In another hour I will dress to walk the dog, who is with Kathleen in the sunroom, enjoying the morning quiet and the morning sun splashing light across our still snow-covered property. Minus 18 C (zero F) here right now. Spring still a long way off. But then, we moved to Saskatchewan precisely because we wanted winter. So we’re happy.
After the morning walk all three of us will head to town (1200 people, 15 minutes away) for mail, coffee and geezer gossip. Then home for lunch followed by the main walk of the day with the dog. After the walk, we will fire up the skidoo to re-pack our 8 km (5 miles) of trails through the bush. Then home to feed the dog. While Kathleen then walks the dog for his post-supper constitutional, I will hand haul more firewood up to the house from the woodshed, which is about 200 m (yards) away. At these temperatures, on a packed trail, the wood-filled toboggan almost drags itself up to the house. Very satisfying.
Then our pre-supper glass of wine, followed by our own supper. All three of us enjoy watching Jeopardy during the meal. After supper tonight I will probably do some more planning for, and dreaming about our canoe trip back to the Barren Grounds this summer.
No matter what the weather, we will do it all again tomorrow, and for weeks after that. It never occurred to me that I should be “”stir-crazy.” So far we’re not doing anything differently because of the virus.Saskatchewan had its first confirmed case yesterday - a guy in Saskatoon (three hours away), who had just returned from Egypt. We are going to miss the opening of the baseball season, though. I have been a fan of the Braves since 1957. I had been looking forward to the new season.