Must be those hazy crazy daze of summer because laziness has been rampant and contagious! Not much work done this week but maybe it was the stifling heat and mugginess at first, then windswept monsoon rains. The bay had ocean-class whitecaps but the ground loved the soaking. Eventually the clouds parted and now we're back to glowing sunrises.
Being indoors meant watching some Olympics --- did CBC arrange the bad weather so they could get their record ratings?! The Canadian team exceeded expectations, especially in the pool and sprints. Remember the name Penny Oleksiak, a 16 year-old phenom from our Toronto neighbourhood. From obscurity to 3 swimming medals; will her parents let her stay out to celebrate? On the track, Usain Bolt completed a (never-to-be-repeated?) triple-triple of speed. But as he retires, here comes the next triple threat --- 21 year-old Canadian Andre De Grasse. Not a showman like Bolt, but with 3 medals in his first Olympics and determined to be just as good. Oh Canada!
And then another TV event shared by millions of Canadians around the world. The final concert of the final tour of our iconic band The Tragically Hip. Lead singer Gord Downie diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer but seeming in full-strength as Canada's poet-conscience. Joy and tears --- was Gord crying for himself or for the rage, in his lyrics, against "what's going on?" Mind-boggling farewell.
For the rest of us life goes on, like buried treasure waiting to be found. Some things have their best year ever, like this hawthorne tree bulging with berries. And sometimes the rainbow is faint, but your pot of gold is waiting out there like an Olympic medal...
Being indoors meant watching some Olympics --- did CBC arrange the bad weather so they could get their record ratings?! The Canadian team exceeded expectations, especially in the pool and sprints. Remember the name Penny Oleksiak, a 16 year-old phenom from our Toronto neighbourhood. From obscurity to 3 swimming medals; will her parents let her stay out to celebrate? On the track, Usain Bolt completed a (never-to-be-repeated?) triple-triple of speed. But as he retires, here comes the next triple threat --- 21 year-old Canadian Andre De Grasse. Not a showman like Bolt, but with 3 medals in his first Olympics and determined to be just as good. Oh Canada!
And then another TV event shared by millions of Canadians around the world. The final concert of the final tour of our iconic band The Tragically Hip. Lead singer Gord Downie diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer but seeming in full-strength as Canada's poet-conscience. Joy and tears --- was Gord crying for himself or for the rage, in his lyrics, against "what's going on?" Mind-boggling farewell.
For the rest of us life goes on, like buried treasure waiting to be found. Some things have their best year ever, like this hawthorne tree bulging with berries. And sometimes the rainbow is faint, but your pot of gold is waiting out there like an Olympic medal...
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