Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
The year 2020 is almost over. What a year it was. The pandemic, corona, and the tough times healthcare had (and still has). Even here at our wonderful Haiku Kai, we have had our lockdown and, how sorry I am for it, we still have that lockdown here at CDHK.
As you all know I am an oncology nurse and covid-19 takes all my energy and now it is even more worse, because my Mom has Covid-19 too. She is almost 91 and I am worried about her. As you (maybe) know, my Mom lives in a nursing home for the elderly, because of her dementia, and she lives in the nursing home were I am working myself.
In our nursing home we have a very big covid-19 outbreak and that makes that I really don't know how and when I can start posting our daily posts again.
It makes me sad, but ... well it is out of my hands, I cannot control what is happening at the moment in the world and in my personal life.
If I look back ... than 2020 is a year we will always remember as the "corona-year" and as I look at myself, 2020 will be a year full of loss. At the nursing home we have lost a lot of our patients to Covid-19 and a lot of my co-workers, are suffering of Covid-19 too. We just have to do our work with almost one third less co-workers. So it is tough, very tough.
I really hope that 2021 will be a year in which we all can return to a (more) normal life without Covid-19. I really hope that you all, my dear Haijin, are okay and in good health. Take care my dear Haijin ... take care.
I wish you all a wonderful new year and I hope that 2021 will bring us joy again.
In classical Japan (following the Lunar calender) there was a fifth season ''New Year", and this season was from approximately 20 december 'til 20 January. I have a few haiku which have been written for this season:
the Great Morning:
winds of long ago
blow through the pine trees
© Onitsura
The Great Morning is the morning of New Year's Day.
for this New Year's Day
the sight we gaze upon shall be
Mount Fuji
© Sokan
And a last one:
the first sunrise
there is a cloud
like a cloud in a picture
© Shusai
All wonderful haiku on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.
And here are a few haiku by Issa and Basho:
my shadow too
in good health...
"Happy New Year!"
New Year's gift of tea--
where did you go
on your journey back to me?
© Issa
Both are wonderful "new year" haiku. Let me look at a few haiku by Basho on New Year:
has spring already come?
I feel wealthy this New Year
with five sho of old rice
New Year's Day
I feel lonely just like
an autumn evening
And what do you think of this one by Yozakura, the Wandering Spirit?
nothing changes
every day will be the same
this new year
A wonderful series of haiku about New Year's Eve of New Year's Day. Let those haiku inspire you:
after New Year's Eve
life hasn't changed a bit -
another year gone
listen! listen!
the sweet silence
the day after
New Year's Eve
fireworks enlightens the sky -
bad ghosts flee
© Chèvrefeuille
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So sorry to hear about your mother. I hope things get better quickly and your work load is reduced. Looking forward to a time when we are rid of Covid-19. Hopefully we will see a lot of change this year once vaccinations are in place.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Kristjaan !!Thank you for everything you do.So sorry to hear about your mother. Please take care.
ReplyDeleteI hope your mother can weather this awful storm. You must be exhausted physically and mentally. I hope the vaccine moves along more quickly.
ReplyDeleteThis has been one very trying past year for you Kristjaan. I know that your mother's health has been a large part of that, and I'm sorry to hear about her condition. Your dedication to both her and your work is most commendable.
ReplyDeleteSorry about your mother - I had the same problem with my parents. Let's hope for the new year. Vaccines, Trump nearly gone. The future is bright as snow.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to all Haijin.