This is a British article but many of the findings are going to apply for countries around the world – from increased unemployment to reduced airline traffic to positive environmental impacts and more.
Doing a lot of work in our new seasonal campsite (we were granted a move from a smaller site we were in other years to a bigger, better one) to make it relaxing and peaceful…
Everything’s changing due to Covid and Hollywood is no different.
This is a movie that would’ve had a fairly traditional release – film festival then widely in theatres then to video-on-demand – but it is now being released today directly to various video streaming services where you can “rent” it for $20 USD (more expensive than the old $5 movie rentals at the corner video store but still *way* cheaper than the ~$100 or so it costs for a couple adults to go out to a movie in the theatre these days!)
This one was already wrapped before Covid hit but it will also be interesting to see how film and television production moves forward in our Covid-world.
As mentioned previously, Shea and I are looking forward to camping this summer as much as possible. Thinking about the Covid world we live in, there are a few reasons why we’re happy this is our hobby!
If our summer plans included a trip to BC or Alberta or other out-of-province destinations, we’d have all kinds of worries about higher Covid case volumes in most destinations to attractions and other places we wanted to visit being closed to possibly having to quarantine when we return. We have none of those worries going to what is basically a self-contained camp site an hour outside Regina.
Camping makes it really easy to socially distance. We’ve said multiple times how we’re physically closer to our next-door neighbours’ houses in Regina than we are at our campsite. We can still visit with people but just make a point of not getting too close (though I chuckled when I introduced myself to one of our new neighbours and she came right over and shook my hand. What are you going to do?)
Not all services are available at our regional park but we can compensate for everything that’s not available – we can use the bathroom and shower in our camper instead of the communal facilities, we can play games and do activities in our site instead of at the playground or craft shack, we can order takeout from the restaurant instead of dining in.
Your Covid mask can come in handy for other purposes – whether you’re emptying your sewer tank or spray painting a beer fridge (both things I did this weekend!)
The RV that Shea and I recently upgraded to has some sexy blue interior lights that make it seem more like you’re in a deep diving submarine than an above-ground vessel!
The situation in the US with the blatant police brutality and absence of any restraint or empathy in the actions of many police officers.
But there are moments of levity including this “dance remix” of a protester who informed a police officer that he was about to lose his job because he was illegally detaining her.
