“Are you sure his first day is today? Where are the other kids?”
I shrugged. “Socially distancing? Waiting in the car? Who knows!”
Posts Published by Zhu
French woman in English Canada.
Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.
Firm believer that nobody is normal... and it’s better this way.
2020 Pandemic Grade 3 Back to School – Feeling of Impending Doom
On Sunday night, I completed Canada’s most important parenting task for the first time in almost exactly six months—I packed a waste-free, egg-, soy- and nut-free, safe to leave at room temperature lunchbox for Mark.
The Stupid COVID Blame Game
Go ahead, read the news and comments below, browse Twitter, chat with a neighbour—there’s anger and outrage all over the place about IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR, topped by a layer of virtue signalling, #MEANDMYSELFBEINGSAFEANDCONSIDERATE.
Three Podcasts for the Dreaded 2020 Back-to-Work Season
Solve, Down the Hill and Distorsion: discover three podcasts that are not about COVID or the 2020 US elections!
Unpacking 18.5 Kilos of my Favourite Oh-So-French Products
This is what a French brings back from a trip to France. Yes, detergent and instant soup, why?
Pandemic Question – Are Kids Going Back to School, Like, Ever?
Mark should have started Grade 3 this week. Instead, I’m keeping him busy with the latest download, Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Clearly, something went wrong along the way…