Being a member of the older generation that is compliant and willing in the pandemic to do what's needed, I was irritated yesterday to hear this during a CBC interview on pandemic mental health.
The person said the Omicron travel restrictions were difficult for someone whose mental health needed a boost and had booked a Caribbean vacation to a Jamaican Beach. I was astonished that this might be within the scope of uplifting mental health issues. Perhaps because I am a member of the older generation, this seemed pathetically self-indulgent. There must be an expression for this sort of thing.
So what would be an example of what we should be doing in these times of constraint? This article from CTVNews is a story about what I was thinking we should do for mental health and well-being:
"A group of Toronto residents have reimagined a section of the city’s Bloordale Village neighbourhood as a sweet treat just in time for the holidays.
Created by Lori Steuart, Olivia Jewer, and Lenny Olin, the 15-pound gingerbread sculpture features a number of buildings along the Bloor Street strip between Landsdowne and St. Clarens avenues, all of which are bedazzled with a healthy amount of candy.
“We thought, ‘wouldn’t it would be fun to do a whimsical cityscape where everybody knows and loves all of these businesses that are on the north side?’” Steuart said.
A detailed Hasty Market, Penny’s Bar, Wine Rack, and Carribean Queen Patties can all be seen in the festive display. In keeping with the Toronto brand, racoons are also featured heavily throughout.
“It started last year, we made [a gingerbread house] and it was mainly because we were all in lockdown, everybody’s bored, let's find something to do,” Jewer said over the phone on Wednesday."
You can read about the project HERE. It was 6 weeks, 150 combined hours, 15 pounds of gingerbread, 10 pounds of candy, 5 pounds of icing.
I haven't taken any pictures along that stretch of Bloor Street as it isn't particularly attractive to me. The gingerbread display is at Penny's Bar, if you are out on Bloor Street West for your pandemic walk.
A little bit of nostalgia in our picture today - Longwood Garden's Christmas display a few years ago.
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