[Sundaycommunity] Such a joyous time has been this first year in my new home on Vancouver island,

[Arthur Blomme]

Hi all.

What a marvelous year has passed and now I see in this upcoming year the 
manifestation of the Christmas story.  Light is coming into the world 
revealing the powerful reality and beauty of creation that in these 
times is hidden by fear and mass psychosis.

So much has happened in 2021 Angie and I have lived the entirety of 2021 
in our new Chemainus home on Vancouver Island. Here is a Youtube 
depicting my 2nd annual New Years plunge into the Georgia Strait. 
<https://youtu.be/Mw-W2P6tnss>  Providence has given us an opportunity 
to live a more paleo lifestyle cooperating with creation to regenerate 
an edible forest.

How satisfying it is to it own the product of our labour. We began by 
cutting down the Medusa cedar trees threatening our home and those of my 
neighbors. I then milled the Cedars into lumber.  I work the back end of 
the mill on the hottest day of the year baptizing my relationship to 
this piece of land with my blood and sweat. My tears now a memory of the 
past. From the lumber I milled I was able to construct a deck and a 
sauna. The sauna was functional a week before Christmas and facilitated 
my 2nd annual new years plunge.

In July I was able to attend my daughter Maya's wedding to Brandon 
Willms at canoe medals in the Kananaskis river near Calgary. I shared 
this celebration with Angie, my grandchild, my children, my four 
brothers,and Brandon's lovely Mennonite family and their wholesome 
kayaking community.

My son Jacob and Samantha Coomara had to cancel their second attempt to 
celebrate marriage in June because of covert restrictions. As previously 
planned  they visited us were here in Chemainus. It was great that I 
could spend some time with my 13 year old grandson Sebastien.  Third 
times a charm. After returning to Toronto they successfully had a much 
smaller wedding celebration which Angie and I  could not attend.



2021 culminated in the healthy birth of my second grandson, Jackson on 
Dec. 28th. Jackson was breach and his mother Brooke was scheduled for a 
cesarean on the 28th.  The tension increased when Brooke and my son 
Jonathan learned on boxing Day they had contracted Covid from Brooke's 
brother who although ill joined in the Christmas festivities thinking 
that he would not spread Covid because he was fully vaccinated.  Brooke 
was ill until she went to the operating room, experiencing no symptoms 
thereafter.  Jon recovered shortly thereafter.  All are healthy and immune.


Blinded by the light

Art
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