Broken legs and marrying in a foreign land...

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Where to start? In December I made a left hand turn on my new faster more beautiful scooter. An Uber driver came out of nowhere and I was sailing through the stratosphere onto my head and ultimately onto my knee.  The result was a broken leg and a very long time off work. I will still need two subsequent operations to fix the knee.

Then came the Coronavirus.  There's nothing I can say about that.  Being only 80 miles from China it seemed that we were in big trouble but somehow the Government here were prepared because of the Sars outbreak a few years ago.  We are still wearing masks at work and on the transit systems, but we have been able to keep the numbers very low. 490 cases and 7 deaths.

Because of the situation, my marriage in Canada and wonderful party with my family, and trip up north in Ontario for my honeymoon , had to be cancelled.

Now, in the present moment...I am getting married for the first time in my life to my girlfriend Pauline of 2 and a half years.  Her family don't approve of their daughter marrying a foreigner as they are part of the small Taiwanese Muslim sect here.  That being said, it is happening anyway, we have the rings and I have booked my 2 week vacation in July...only a month and a half away. What's beautiful is that my family is incredibly supportive of my nuptials.

That is the update, not very eloquently communicated , but there it is.

I am incredibly grateful for many things in my life.  I survived what could have been a fatal crash and continue to thrive.  I have an amazing supportive family and some really wonderful friends back home.  Who knew when I left my life in Toronto a couple of years ago in search of something unknown..who knew that I would be at this place. It's actually quite beautiful despite the pain I have endured recently.

I try to keep my mind uncluttered with trivial issues and the blockages that pop up each day.  Everyone is getting older, it's surreal. Nobody wants to see Richard Gere at 70 (although that buddhist devil just had a little baby with his wife) and Isabella Rosselini looking like a great grandmother, but there is no way around it.  Forget about celebrities,  the mirror is speaking to me loud and clear..."better watch out for the skin deep."

Beauty is everywhere though. I am noticing it more and more in nature.  One of my new cameras is a medium format Fuji from the 80s, its quite large in your hand and they nicknamed it the Texas Leica.
That son of a bitch can take a sweet photo, images so pure and yet something is off... and that transcends the reality of the scene. I love it.

Nobody reads this blog but someday I will use it as a personal diary and self publish it with some photos or something.  No doubt it will be filled with stories about overcoming fear and searching for some kind of flow.  We have definitely heard that one before.

Bye for now.