Hi, Neighbour! I’m glad you’re here. This is the first of many articles that I’m planning to post on this blog. I’m calling it TGIF on the Boulevard, because I love the Grand Boulevard neighbourhood. I feel so lucky to be living here, near North Vancouver’s Champs-Élysées (an image rendered circa 1908) or our mini-Golden Gate Park.
This season, this year, is so different from any I’ve experienced. I’ve lived here more than half of my life and, like most of us, I’m not sure how we’ll be celebrating the holiday. But I really want to connect with as many Grand Boulevard neighbours as I can. I’m also inviting family and friends to attend a Zoom call. These days, it’s better than a Christmas card. Yep, I’ve learned how to Zoom and it has literally Saved the Day for me. If a Zoom call has to happen when I need to eat, then I “join with video” and tell the others on the call that I’ll be ‘feeding my face’, so I’ll be turning off the video. Who wants to watch me eat? I can still hear the conversation or join the discussion. It’s great! Sometimes I join SFU’s free webinars (like Zoom calls), where only the presenters are on the mic and the ‘host’ mutes everyone else. Sometimes there are 100’s of participants and keeping up with the comments or questions in the Chat box is challenging. Continue reading
