Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!):
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud, a former librarian in the London Borough of Croydon.
– Wikipedia
I thought it was perfect that it fell on a Throwback Thursday as I was sure I’d likely have a lot of appropriate photos from that momentous day a year ago that I could post.
But when I look back in my camera roll, the only things I have for that day are:
a screenshot of a joke from CalgaryPuck about how the NHL should play bubble hockey in Saskatchewan because we’re “impervious to viruses” (unfortunately, the opposite turned out to be true)
a screenshot of a discussion on Reddit where someone says they can’t believe how much happened in a single evening (NBA shutdown, US border restrictions, Tom Hanks has it) then others observe that government will spend more on bailouts than fighting covid and that elderly politicians will get the best healthcare and that people will still believe it’s a liberal hoax (all true)
a pic of Sasha happily acting goofy in our house, unaware how much her world is going to change
a photo of a takeout menu from a restaurant though I never knew exactly how much takeout menus would play a role in my next twelve months!
a shot of the fully stocked supply of toilet paper at my corner convenience store (that would be almost completely gone when I pop in again a week later!)
So yeah, nothing too symbolic (maybe the toilet paper pic which I’m sure I’ve posted before) so I’ll leave today with this as perhaps the most unintentionally meaningful thing I took note of on March 11 one year ago…
“Out of Time” is probably one of the most significant albums of my youth which always seemed to be playing in the background of some of the memorable parties and events of my life when I was in Grade 11/12.
I mean, a year ago to the day, I was making jokes about “Corona” virus using Mexican beers as a prop so Covid was definitely on my radar.
But no, I did not expect a full shutdown of most parts of society, working from home for months, wearing mask for the bulk of the year, watching professional sports broadcast from empty stadiums, and all sorts of other massive changes to my everyday life!
