Monday, October 26, 2020

I don’t pay a lot of attention to the news. I may hear it once in the morning and I usually catch the evening news, both local, provincial and federal. I heard that the Liberal leader was holding a news conference this afternoon so I decided to listen in while I sewed. It took less than five minutes for him to announce he was stepping down as leader following a big loss in last week’s election.

I also heard that Dr. Henry wasn’t planning on holding her usual Monday briefing but decided at the last minute that there would be one. I knew we wouldn’t be in for good news and I was right. We had over 300 cases in the province for two of the reporting days, and just below 300 for the third. There is a new order for in-home gatherings (only six people beyond the household); I guess that wasn’t an enforceable order until now but I certainly knew about the limit of six. She is also saying she expects that we will wear masks in all public spaces but it isn’t an actual order. No wonder people are confused.

I can’t think that I’ll learn anything by watching the evening news so I may skip it and sew. I have my curtains cut out and another set of hexagons sewn onto my table topper (yes, I’ve decided it will be a table topper); I hope to have both projects done by the end of the week.