Opinion

Without question I am living a blessed life. I know that. I try daily to express my gratitude for the life I have. That's not to say I haven't dealt with some difficult things along the way, because I have.

There is an underlying concern with the COVID-19 situation, and that is that toilet paper may not be the only thing that people go to purchase and find the store shelves empty.

I got involved with senior athletics back in 2007. At that time the only location in Saskatchewan where rural senior slo-pitch tournaments were taking place was in the Parkland Valley District.

These are strange times, so maybe it’s time for a little perspective. Consider this social media meme floating about: “Our grandparents were asked to go to war. We are being asked to stay home and sit on the couch. We can do this.

There’s so much chaos being thrown at us right now in the world as we continue to learn how to live with the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are in the midst of the most uncertain times in our country and in our world since the end of the Second World War. No one is exactly sure how to react in what is a double barrel crisis.

The last week in Saskatchewan politics was about as chaotic as it can get. A state of emergency declaration, dozens of cases of COVID-19 and rising, and oh yeah, the budget that never was.

It is time for big decisions from governments of all sizes and stripes in Canada. One week of workplace hemorrhaging from COVID-19 has punched a sinkhole into the economy, with a half-million Canadians into employment insurance.

Dungeon crawling adventures in board game form are not new. Nor are deck-builders with a few dozen in various forms amid the board games out these days.

Whatever the circumstances, sings Canadian musician Big Dave McLean, in his gravelly, Louis Armstrong-ish voice, “there will always be a change.” A friend didn’t expect her perfect grandchild to be stillborn.