“Muh dog’s gonna eat yers!” Ever have a period in your life when every little thing just seems weird? You begin to question your own sanity. If I’m a common factor it’s got to be something to do with me. Right? On Sunday, I tried to pleasantly ask a neighbour about an unfamiliar car apparently abandoned in our common property. I was met with a resounding shout, “Fuck Off Asshole!”
“Um, ok?” Two days later there was a timid apology, which I accepted. This woman’s mother, my neighbour, had suddenly died and I understand the unpredictable emotions. What was bemusing was a man who appeared immediately after my rebuff. He refused to give his name, determined to stand belly to belly announcing that he was “The executor, ya know? The EXECUTOR!” Weird!
Last night at a campground in Sayward, just after arriving, little Ayre ran next door to greet two fuzzy little dogs. A trailer door opened a crack, a corpulent female figure appeared and roared out my opening sentence. I wanted to reply, “I see you’ve snacked down a few puppies yer own self.” but I’m learning to curb my own quick tongue. This morning, yet again, there was another apology. Geez Louise, is it my cologne? I keep having these strange encounters so hopefully the guy in the mirror comes up with an answer. It was a new moon last night, is that it?
We’ve just arrived back at the Naka Creek campsite. Ahhh! Despite a light rain, the birds are singing, the neighbours here are friendly and I feel like I’ve come home to a sanctuary in the backwoods.
I soon discover that I have managed to leave the power cord for this laptop at home. So, after doing some photo editing I’m down to my last giga-doodles of battery. The weather is wet but I’ll have to live a few days without life depending on my computer. It is lovely to just focus on the waves lapping on shore and all the birds exchanging insults with each other. Three northbound orca whales passed a few minutes ago and there may be more to come.
Life without a computer, fancy that! Well we’ve survived a week living together in a camper and now we’re home again with no more weird encounters of any kind.
There’s a hot spell ahead. You can feel it first thing in the morning. Heat domes we call them these days. I’ll bite my tongue and refrain from further comment. We’ll survive, like it or not.
“Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” Albert Einstein
Ain’t nothing wrong with you Freddy! Peopling and lifing be hard these days! 😉
Your blog is something I look forward to…a bright spot…🤔the pause that refreshes😀!
Thanks Carmen. Hugs as ever.
Those tree carvings are quite the find!
I want to second Carmen’s “diagnosis.” Lately, people I thought I knew have behaved in ways I never would have expected.
Hey Velovixen! Great to hear from you. I’m suspecting that there may be a global social phenomenon where folks are overloaded with the aftermath of Covid, the Ukraine, politics in general, crushing inflation and general introspections about living in a demoralized society. We all need to lighten up….somehow.