Tales from the Bush in Quebec

Friday Today was the day for callback from some potential employers, and they started early. When I had met the accounting firm I was up front during the interview. Because the time they need the most help is during income tax season, I warned them that I had always handed that off to someone else,... Sign in to see full entry.

And there it is – 3 interviews done in as many days, not counting the applications sent out over the internet. Predominant in all this is my confusion with the salaries offered. Companies and establishments complaining about lack of personnel, but only willing to pay amounts that are just on or... Sign in to see full entry.

So I have one telephone and two in-person interviews to do this week. I received the call for the second in-person interview this morning. A Sunday. Times sure have changed. Where I was raised, Sunday’s were sacred. The day of rest. You did what had to be done – milk the cows, feed the animals –... Sign in to see full entry.

I filled out forms on various employment agent sites, indicating on each form that I wanted part time work and, ideally, remote, so that I could stay at home and avoid commuting. I have been bombarded with available positions, but they clearly did not pay attention to the words ‘part time’ nor... Sign in to see full entry.

Pistache started with the noisy screeching when my son, Bow, and Little Flea were here Sunday night for supper. Bow, who is one of the very few able to approach that bad tempered fowl, remarked that she was more loud and annoying than usual. “I don’t know why,” I told him. “Her cage is clean, she... Sign in to see full entry.

I’ll have to quit watching or reading the news. Again. Being curious, I like to know what is going on around us, but it has become too much. I spend much of my time shaking my head at the manipulation and misinformation floating out there, and the gullible, selfish acceptance of it all by an... Sign in to see full entry.

There’s this thing between me and plants. I’m not sure what to call it, I guess uneasy truce would describe it. Sort of. When any plant happens to fall under my ‘care’, it’s like an immediate telepathic exchange: Me: Ummmm Plant: Help! In my defense, although I was raised on a farm with immense... Sign in to see full entry.

Even in these freezing temperatures, I don’t put the heat on in my bedroom. I sleep better with lots of blankets and 3 big dogs sharing my bed for warmth. The floors are hardwood, so it does mean there’s a little dance in the morning until I can get the cold toes into a pair of comfy slippers. My... Sign in to see full entry.

I haven’t stopped blogging. The past couple of days I have not been 100%. Maybe not even 50%. Some things needed to be done, of course; my beasts and bird would not be impressed if they were not fed, the fires have to be built and, because I had promised speed, the first steps of the contract I... Sign in to see full entry.

This truck convoy idiocy…should I stop there? Maybe I’ll just mention that it is applauded by Donald Trump Jr., so that speaks for itself. Add to that the vote-hungry Conservative representatives who are jumping on board, the Go-fund-me account started by a member of the Maverick Party which is a... Sign in to see full entry.