Travelling - COVID Times

Oct  15,  2021
Strange things have happened since the arrival of the Covies. It started with jokes about the Corona, a virus and a beer, to a timely departure from Bucerias in Mexico to where my hat hangs in Parksville. I live on Vancouver Island in BC Canada, where I spent the long term of isolation.

Having set aside plans for a three month visit to Japan, a year of writing produced the book and a file of images. That was a pleasant endeavour, having many forgotten memories restored of the adventures from a couple of decades skipping about the planet. The self-publishing of the book was an unfamiliar affair, difficult at times but quite rewarding, and not a big problem thanks to the never-ending help from the Publisher, FriesenPress.

As always, there was a choice to whine and pine while in isolation, or to find something positive to do. I am very happy that I had the opportunity to write these stories, and get them published in a book that will be available to the public very soon.

The website is another story. I am having a difficult time with it, totally unfamiliar. I try to do something, and an unrelated change happens that I cannot undo, driving me nuts. The problem has been the weak internet ability to upload data, a result of trying to work out of hotels.  Oh well, another challenge to engage in while it is raining cats and dogs again.

There has been a bit of a problem over the last four months, one could say I am homeless and living out of a shopping cart.  Not really, and it provided the opportunity to do some exploring.

I will tell more about that, and how I spent that time in another story.

Ciao for now

Neil
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