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    Letter to Santa In this difficult year, Santa, you must up your game, Everything here's changing, nothing's the same. No usual entrance by magical key No roof top sleigh parking then down the chimney The gifts straight from Amazon and not the North Pole. No crowds in the mall for ...

    It brings us hope. Hope to get together again. Hope to speak to each other in person. Hobe to kiss and hug each other. Hope to love each other in real life. Hope to travel. Hope to go to concerts, football games and movies. Hope to enjoy ourselves at parties. ...

    I stay home. I work from home. I don't spend time in traffic. I don't spend money on things I don't need. I don't travel abroad. I live in sweatpants. I don't dress up. I don't apply makeup. Sweatpants are the new dress pants. I save up money. My garden ...

    Poem by Victoria West

    Poem written by Victoria West

    REMEMBER THEM STILL Like everything else it's different this year. Tradition is changing, with many a tear. Though sombre it's true,we remember them still who sacrificed life and went over the hill to their deaths ,full of honour , cut off in their prime, the waste and the sadness ,a ...

    Stay the course Over the mountains and under the sea are all kind of mysteries for you and for me. So many problems that wait to be solved many adventures before they're resolved. There's equipment to gather and skills to perfect if we're to prevent all our plans being wrecked. ...

    Hope Hope, a beacon in the dark, a whisp of breath, a longing dream. A cry for help, courageous plea. The unknown begged. Look speedily, and see up close all that we need. The world is wounded. Stop the bleed. We look undaunted to the light. Maintain our vision, do ...

    The good news : Brave truckers continued to work and transport essentials. The bad new : Many highway rest stops closed. The good news : Whitby kindly converted Iroquois Park into a rest stop for truckers.

    The good news : Kids home from school. The bad news : Nothing to do , playgrounds closed.

    The good news : No crowds. The bad news : Many parks closed.

    A Pandemic Christmas The year 2020 will go down in history, Such changes we've seen, the future's a mystery, It started in China with a wee small bat And quickly spread over the world map. Put a mask on your face if you care, Don't shake a hand, don't you ...

    The good news : Some stores open for essential supplies , food, medicine , Etc. The bad news : Long lines to get in.

    The good news : Smart merchants found a way to deliver. The bad news : Not allowed entry most stores.

    The good news : Cheap gas. The bad news : Nowhere to go.

    The good news : Lots of leisure time. The bad news : Most restaurants and entertainment closed. Unemployment.

    My name is Sarah. Not only I am a cartoonist, but I am also a caregiver. I support seniors and people with disabilities. When I heard about the virus, I was scared. The people I knew were getting sick, rules at work were changing and soon I was working a ...

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    12' X 12" Acrylic/Paper Mixed Media Collage. Wenda Abel 05/20

    During the Second World War, secret things were happening on Whitby’s lakeshore. Opened in December 1941, Camp X was a secret spy training facility located on the boundary between Whitby and Oshawa on the shores of Lake Ontario. The Camp was jointly operated by the Canadian Military and the British ...