Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is for me to ask you to ask me anything.
This morning, I went to the Buffalo Launch Club, which is located on Grand Island and is known as the oldest power boat club in North America, for an event run by the Grand Island Lions Club. It’s called the Annual Kids’ Picnic. It’s a fun day for kids. They get boat rides, face painting, lunch, and the chance to run around outside, to sing karaoke and to have fun galore. The kids come from school programs that operate year round. This year, because of issues with wildfires in northwestern Ontario, Canada, many of the children who normally would come for the event were not there. For kids who have respiratory issues, the air quality is not safe for them. The kids who were able to come had fun, as did the volunteers.
At the time of the picnic, the air quality was considered moderate, but it has now deteriorated to the level of “unhealthy.” In fact, the map on my phone shows that my area is within the red zone of doom. Other areas are even worse. If you live in Toronto, please stay safe. The air quality is among the worst in the world and that’s on top of a terrible heat wave. And, bizarrely, there are people who still don’t believe that climate change is real.
There was plenty of food left over after the picnic, mostly hamburgers and hot dogs, but I have to watch what I eat because of food intolerances so I let it go. There will be other events with food that I can enjoy. And speaking about food, if you’re in the United States, please avoid lettuce about now because of the spread of the intestinal illness, cyclosporiasis. The main suspect is leafy greens packaged in bags and advertised as ‘prewashed.” Just do what I do when I look at anything containing gluten. I visualize a skull and crossbones above it, and the temptation to eat it instantly goes away.
I now have an air purifier that was lent to me. I am grateful for the help and support.
So now… the question that is the point of this blog post…
What would you like to know about me? Ask me anything in the comment box below! I’m excited to see your questions and I will post answers this weekend!
