The exercise:
Write a four line poem about: a battle.
Kat and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary by taking the boys for a drive up to Apex Mountain to go for a hike and try to escape the smoke for a little while. Mission mostly successful.
They are calling for rain tomorrow. It is our intention, as a family, to do a celebratory rain dance in the back yard.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about: an intersection of possibilities.
The exercise:
Write about something: fresh.
Pretty tired of the smoke, you guys.
The exercise:
Write about: golfing.
A friend of Kat's is in town for a few days with her family. We met up with them at the beach last night but I stayed home tonight because I am old and get tired easily and two work nights in a row is too much for me.
Anyway, they went mini golfing at LocoLanding, so that's where the prompt was uncovered.
The exercise:
A little late hitting the streets this month, but still ahead of deadline: it's time for another issue of the East Wallingford Gazette.
The exercise:
Write a four line poem about: recognition.
Feeling mostly recovered today, just the occasional headache. So of course the wildfire smoke came rolling in late afternoon...
At least it cleared up fairly quickly and we could breathe relatively fresh air before the boys went to bed.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about: a pittance.
Fun word that just popped into my head a few minutes ago.
The exercise:
Write about: side effects.
Well, that wasn't a fun day. Did manage to avoid throwing up, so that was a plus. The chills and headaches will get a hard pass next time from me though. Not that, hopefully, there will be a next time.
Just gotta keep telling myself it's worth it.
The exercise:
Write about: doubling down.
Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination this afternoon. In Penticton. Because my appointment for this morning in Osoyoos was cancelled due to the wildfire.
Wildfires?
Either way.
They are expecting high winds this evening and overnight, so there is some concern about what that will do to the fires. Fingers crossed things don't get too crazy.
The exercise:
Write two haiku about: an emergency.
Oh, what fun we're having around here these days. (If that link doesn't work, just go here and have a scroll through the recent news - 90% of it will likely be related to wildfires)
As I write this, a portion of Osoyoos is on evacuation alert, but no evacuation orders have been given within the town. Surrounding properties have been given the order to go, including some friends we have on Anarchist Mountain who literally got the notice while we were on a video call with them this evening.
Looking forward to another day of phone calls from locals and tourists alike tomorrow.
The exercise:
Write about: night and day.
A new wildfire sparked between Osoyoos and Oliver shortly before I left work this afternoon. It grew rapidly and was spewing some pretty significant smoke as I was driving home. This resulted in what felt like night time to my left, where the sun was struggling to be seen through the smoke, and day time to my right, where blue sky could still be seen.
It also resulted in my car being covered with ash at 9 pm where it is parked, on the north side of our town house, in Penticton, despite the blaze burning some 50 km to the south.
I mean, there's also the huge fire burning near Okanagan Falls 20 km to the south, but I'm fairly confident this is from the new one.
The exercise:
Write about a: victory.
After a week and a half of nightly attempts, last night I finally trapped the rat that had decided to share our home with us.
Now I can maybe focus on other things again. Like possibly attempting to catch up on comments...
The exercise:
Write about: the smashing machine.
Not, oddly enough, inspired by either of my children.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about: the first thing you need to know.
Survived the final day of property taxes. It was actually the slowest day of the week, but I think my average time per call was the longest - funny how the most difficult and/or complicated people wait until the last second to pay.
Also the heat is starting to lessen, and everyone is grateful for that. Still looking at plenty of beach time this weekend, but that's okay. Especially when it won't be out of desperation.
The exercise:
Write about being: lost in time.
Thursday holidays are so weird. I felt like I had no idea what day it was for most of the day.
But don't get me wrong - I'm still pretty happy to get the day as a break before deadline day for property taxes.
