As challenging public health issues make us homebodies, the BRC founder and spouse interact with grandchildren and their parents in Texas, Illinois, and Missouri, simultaneously via Zoom link-up.
Strumming his long neck Ode banjo, granddad leads the virtual family reunions in sing alongs of familiar animated kids` tunes. The youngsters happily dance on the sofa at home while moms and dads join the grandparents in a noisy and spirited chorus of “You are My Sunshine.”
The lakeside BRC domicile, where our kids grew up and the grandchildren visit each summer, has an almost year-round audio backdrop of a noisy flock of Canada geese. These honking avians recently vanished from the neighborhood leaving a discernible silence.
Only a Great Blue Heron, a couple of hawks, and an occasional bald eagle now patrol the silent waters. Canada goose couples are monogamous, and the March through May nesting season explains their disappearance and quietude. The female goose builds the nest and incubates the eggs, and the gander guards it. Sometime soon, the newly expanded families will proudly ply our lake in linear flotillas of fuzzy goslings bracketed by noisy and watchful parental honkers.
In the meantime, the grandkids send artful notes of appreciation to Grandpa Doc between the Zoom songfests.
Hopefully, our grandchildren will be able to revisit these familiar Missouri environs sometime this summer and watch the goslings growing-up.
In these uncertain times, the BRC founder wishes all our readers Peace and good health. Stay positive and don’t let those strings get rusty.
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