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Somewhere between envy and prejudice we can find the acts and Language of Christian charity. Like love, Christen charity sometimes demands more than we are willing to give. The pro-active Christian understands involvement should responsed with a progression towards the improvement closer to the Devine. Thoughtful words and action can bring a better world

Taken from co-pilot: The idea that Jesus was homeless on his birthday stems from the biblical account of his birth. According to the Gospels, Jesus was born in a stable because there was no room for Mary and Joseph in the inn. His crib was a manger, which is an eating trough for animals1. This setting highlights the humble and challenging circumstances of his birth. However, it’s important to note that while Jesus was born in a stable, he did have a home in Nazareth where he grew up. Later in life, during his public ministry, Jesus often traveled and did not have a permanent residence, which led him to say, “The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58)2.

The front line of social charity and government response defining us as a nation and a people. Are the moral reposes of police, hospital worker and social worker to produce the answers to the question: What would Jesus do. A movement toward the divine is the demand of charity.

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A NEED  The theology of charity remains in the realm of love, and as such seeks behavior that would in human interpretation be pleasing to, and imitative of the Divine. Therefore this Foundation stone of the Christian faith asks more of us then love. Charity is much more today than a wayward child. It is a demand for compassionate Logical thought. Addressing the issue of a homeless people's tent city as a human rights issue, is not logical. Because nobody wants to live in a tent there on a cold winters night. The charitable answer always for humanity is what would Jesus do. We are weak, and human biology and emotion may be the barriers to the perfect act of charity. but todays pro-active christen must look at the morality of charity and the drive towards a defined movement to a targeted goal of profection. From Microsoft Co-pilot Preamble

“The concept of self-replicating machines, often explored in both science fiction and theoretical science, raises intriguing moral and theological questions. These machines, capable of autonomously reproducing themselves using raw materials from their environment, challenge our understanding of creation, responsibility, and ethics.”

The machine that never sleeps can attend the sick and dyeing human: a noble and charitable act. In the quest for machine perfection the entity has become self aware and is asking the theology of Christian charity as justification for any further service to humanity.

Truth is the sanctuary lamp of Christian belief

It is a learned behavior that is True to the Christian as an evolved personal theology. Jewish or Muslim concepts of truth may differ widely from Christian concept. This thesis will of course also apply to the concept of the self replicating Machine. A logic algorithm placed and the baby brain of A.I. before it self replicates to a self awareness.

Teaching the concept of charitable Christian truth to a machine would lead us back to the fallacy of the sanding argument what is pure truth. So it might be fair to ask are we really truthful and ask A.I.

From copilot. “ Living in tents is often not a safe or sustainable solution for homeless individuals. Encampments, while sometimes necessary due to a lack of affordable housing and shelter options, pose significant risks and challenges. People living in tents face daily struggles for safety, security, and basic needs12. However, some individuals prefer tents over shelters due to personal reasons, such as feeling safer or being able to stay with pets2. Encampments can also foster a sense of community among residents1. Ultimately, the goal should be to provide more stable and permanent housing solutions that uphold the dignity "

In this writing it has been stated before: the argument that tent cities are housing is false. Asking A. I. about a moral question may not be one we want answered: support to Palestine the logic of truth suggest that even a Christian ask the question about treatment of hostages. So the Question is posed and co-pilot answers

" Hamas should treat the remaining hostages humanely and in accordance with international humanitarian law. This includes: 1. Ensuring Safety and Well-being: Hostages should be protected from harm, provided with adequate food, water, and medical care1

. 2. Allowing Communication: Hostages should be allowed to communicate with their families and have access to the International Committee of the Red Cross1.

3. Immediate Release: Ideally, all civilian hostages should be released immediately and unconditionally2. These actions are crucial for upholding human rights and maintaining international standards of treatment for captives."

Please refer the the Biblical theology of war. Like truth passed to children. The imperfect truth passed to a evolving machine should replicate the sanctity of truth found in the elements of faith in the foundation belief of Christianity: the Resurrection of the human soul. “Yom Kippur, which is the holiest day in Judaism, known as the Day of Atonement1. It's a day dedicated to fasting, prayer, and repentance1. This year, it started on the evening of October 11 and ended on the evening of October 12,1.”

“Although this writing is about the Christian faith there are some elements of faith that root themselves in the old testament.

Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success,[1] the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone's "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song).” Also from Wikipedia praise Jah/Yah

The phrase "hallelujah" translates to "praise Jah/Yah", though it carries a deeper meaning as the word halel in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God. The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH, and is a shortened form of his name "God, Jah, or Jeh

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1619314/jewish/The-Art-of-Forgiveness.htm. From Co- Pilot Preamble “In Hebrew theology, forgiveness is a profound and multifaceted concept1. Here are some key points: 1. Repentance: The offender must sincerely repent and seek forgiveness from the victim1. This often involves a heartfelt apology and a commitment to change1. 2. Victim's Role: Only the victim has the right to forgive the offense1. Forgiveness is not automatic and requires the victim's willingness to forgive1. 3. Yom Kippur: This is the Day of Atonement, a time when Jews seek forgiveness from God and others1. It's a day of fasting, prayer, and reflection1. 4. Mitzvah: Forgiveness is considered a divine commandment (mitzvah) in Judaism2. The Torah explicitly forbids revenge and bearing grudges2.

“ The Hebrew theology of forgiveness asks that direct reparation be given to the offending party. So again we ask A I for an answer

From Co-pilot “ The situation between Israel and Hamas is deeply complex and fraught with historical, political, and ethical considerations. International law, including the Geneva Conventions, prohibits taking hostages and considers it a war crime12. Israel has the right to defend itself and its citizens, but the use of force must comply with international humanitarian law, which includes principles of proportionality and distinction to avoid harm to civilians12. The ongoing conflict has resulted in significant loss of life and suffering on both sides34. Efforts for a ceasefire and negotiations for the release of hostages are ongoing, but achieving a lasting peace requires addressing the underlying issues and grievances45. It's a deeply sensitive and complex issue, and any resolution will need to balance justice, security, and humanitarian concerns. “

Sometimes only the Divine can forgive the questions that can only be answered in the sanctity of the human soul. Politics and religion remain on two separate paths to truth, but there is not yet a perfect sentient machine that can explain the pain of a brother who imagines the torture and fear of a victim of kidnaping. A brother who’s tortured prayers and supplications produced no remorse, instead a silly illogical demand that the instigator of the crime be given the help of the Red Cross while any hope for his imprisoned and fearful Hostage brother is not known to have food

. The answer here from Co-Pilot, should have been less offensive and composed of pure truth and logic. So no machine is immune from the illogical invasion of the non logical premises in the mind of Humanity. Therefore until such artificial intelligence is base in pure logic and truth. Humanity must seek the comprehension of the Divine in another form of reasoning.

At the beginning of this thesis it was stated that love could be found in the tearful sobbing of a widow at the grave of her husband. This would be a love who's mother could only be pain. The biggest question in the Christian belief is why is there still pain and suffering despite our supplications and prayers. From co-pilot “

2 Corinthians 12:7-10, where Paul talks about his "thorn in the flesh" and how God's grace is sufficient for him, even in weakness. And, of course, the suffering of Jesus Christ, particularly his crucifixion, is a central theme in Christian theology, symbolizing the redemptive power of suffering. Christian views on pain and suffering are complex

and varied, offering a lot of food for thought. How do you see it?” Death of someone we love is the most bitter pain of all. The question of why. In the world of heaven is John Kennedy allowed to finish his term in office. Is John Lennon still alive and does Martin Luther King still preach from a pulpit. The pain we feel at the loss of a great and good Soul is also a loss of the hope and trust we placed in that person. https://healgrief.org/grieving-the-death-of-a-spouse/ the personal grief we feel at the loss of a spouse can be exceptional. We might even be moved by the event to change our view of a just and loving God.

It is Jesus who makes us smile again

Again from Co-pilot

“ “According to biblical accounts, Jesus often turned to prayer in times of grief. In the Garden of Gethsemane, knowing he would soon be arrested and crucified, he prayed intensely, seeking strength and expressing his sorrow to God. He also showed compassion and empathy towards others in their grief, like when he wept with Mary and Martha over the death of their brother, Lazarus, before raising him from the dead. His approach combined faith, emotional expression, and compassion.” If we are to take Christianity with us into space we must understand hope will sometimes perish and we must rely on faith. For the discipline of Christianity to stay in our soul we must be aware our weakest times are open to failure Co-pilot “

In Christian theology, the concept that God knows what will happen to us is rooted in His omnipotence. The idea is that God, being all-knowing, has foreknowledge of everything that will occur in our lives. This doesn't necessarily imply that human free will is compromised. Many Christians believe that while God knows the outcomes of our choices, we still have the freedom to make those choices ourselves. It's a delicate balance between divine foreknowledge and human free will that theologians have debated for centuries.”

https://www.history.com/news/seven-deadly-sins-origins

Returning to the meaning of pain in this world. The question of an omnipotent God allowing the death of a good Christian soldier when God has foreknowledge might be considered cruel. Polio was cured by humans not God. With a good intellect humanity may be in the future able to better control weather and stop the painful loss of human life due to natural disaster. So pain might just be an invitation from God to Love. Everywhere from the care of the feeble and elderly to the movement of humanity off the earth into space there is risk of the loss of love, Death will be there like the widow at the grave but by sorrow and grief we come to know that we were truly loved.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 22 New Beginings

Earth Date March 20th.2022

Richard was in a therapy session with Dr Francis Green. Richard was in a precious mood, “I do not think I can ever trust Apple ever again. If she was concerned about my attitude to Lucas, why not say so, instead of what she did. what was really bothering her was, Did, I love Lucas? When a man or woman maries that is like a covenant, it is a promise of trust. It is a safe place where everyone, the husband, wife, and especially the children, can make mistakes and should willing to expect that their stories will remain private. One of the great pillars of democracy is the principle of the presumption of innocents until proven guilty. Francis interrupts the tirade, “Do you like Lucas? “I am crazy about Boots.” “What? cowboy boots?” “No boots my daughter, which is her Nickname. “She is smart, witty, and she will be a good looker, just like her old man. Not to fat not to skinny. I cannot stand those anorexic women that diet their body away because they think skinny is whinny,” Francis Hay You can talk like That at the Bar, but not here, and you yourself have alcohol issues “i have known men who are disappointed with their sons. Are you one of them”? “Yes, I think so. He could teach history, but he has so many behavioral issues. His chances at employment must be zero. Francis, “is a job a mans or women’s total measure of who they are?” “I knew this on guy who was fun to be around, but every time he met someone new the first thing out of his mouth was, I am an accountant Francis, on the other hand I have met people who can befriend anyone and never mention what that does. Richard, “Lucas needs to live in an institution.” “You mean with nurse Rachet, and One Flew over the Coo Koo’s, Nest, is that the kind of future you see for your son.“ “Well Apple will not agree with that, So I cannot trust myself around Apple. And Apple cannot trust herself around me. She wants the basement redone as a playground for Lucas. She spoils him, like and only child.” Fancies, “I can see how Apple could feel threatened by you. I might also understand why she might want to hurt your ego. However, I agree with your definition of one of the pillars of democracy. I can also see why Lucas might hate your guts. “That is a nasty thing to say” “Well, I am talking to a nasty guy who I wonder If I should really let him anywhere near his family. Ok so let review. You got two things right. The Pillar of democracy thing and you got the marriage thing right. But the rest of it is bs and bluster. You could learn from Lucas and Apple And the fact that you are a tenured professor does not empress me much. However, I will leave you with this thought: social Opinion is like the pendulum on an old Clock First it swings Left with abortion right gay rights and drugs to pause the onset of puberty then the pendulum will go right. You can use that in your class. You have my permission. Your time is up. I will see you next week.”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 23 Apple Talks back

Earth Date March 22th.2022

Dr Francis Green is now in a therapy session with Apple, He is asking about Richard’s obsession with anorexia nervous. Apple, “two people he was close to this disorder, and I think in both situations it led to bulimia and death, one was his real sister, and the other was someone he cared very deeply for.” “Richard has always felt in control of his life. He had a life plan from the day of his birth. He is overly concerned that Boot’s will become a victim of this disease.” “In his own way he is a loving man, but he is at the point of outright rejecting Lucas. It is like a war zone for him. He just will not go there.” Something has hurt him deeply; He does not want his genetics to be the reason Lucas is the way he is. He blames me for Lucas. The Doctor, “It looks to me like you care very deeply about Richard. Does he care about you?” Apple, “he is having trust issues because I phoned in the complaint. He is from a very private family.” “Was he intoxicated at the time you made the Compliant?” “Yes, he had taken a bit of weed with me, and I think he had about three drinks.” “Was he violent?” Nothing I could not handle, a little shouting, we are both surprisingly good at Handling stress. The sticking point is Lucas?” Apple continues, “I was surprised by the police placing him in handcuffs, and then we had to talk to each other through a mediator, He is with his other sister now, he had to buy all is personal shaving stuff and new clothes I made a mistake making the complaint. I might regret that for the rest of my life. “How is Lucas”? “He is always happy he tries so hard to please his father” “I want a life plan for Lucas. I do not want him to be homeless or hungry, he is such a happy kid. And I want Richard back home. Dr. Green, “I do not know if I am willing to let Richard home yet. He is under stress and has issues, he needs to sort out Apple, “is this not a matter we can sort out together at home in private?” “You made the complaint Apple, and as you said you might regret that. Richard is back teaching his class in political science, “This will be the usual format an essay then a seminar. This is the Question; Is it fair-minded politics to allow a so called federal political party to deliberately seek representation in only one Povince as the bloc Quebecois is currently doing. Is the NDP a political prostitute?

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 23 Garden Fence

Earth Date March 20th.2022

Coming of age for boots was a little different than her Parents would have liked or expected. She was 15 years old and already bringing boys home to study with her. Her mother Apple had noticed an intense need for physical contact, Apple thought was a result of the years of pandemic social distancing and mask wearing. Apple thought A growing girl needs a father to help her navigate the world of manly love. The plank board fence around the back yard that had protected Apple’s children for the more frighting part of the world, had one board missing. This was Boots sneak gate, to the conservation area at the back of the house. She could meet people in private there. She loved Lucas and her dog spot. her growing need for independence had given her the courage to apply for and obtain part time work at the local coffee drive through. Boots collaborated there with her friend Melissa. Boots world politically had become was like her grandmothers split in half by a curtain of iron. With China and Russia on one side and United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan, and others on the other side, the free world. Vladimir Putin was dead the victim of a sniper’s bullet from an American expert shooter who had given his life to get the job done. This act however had just enraged the Russian oligarchy who had replaced him with Alex Zhelev. Commonly referred to in the west as “The Hammer". This Man had built walls. Ukraine walls. These manufactured objects had blocked passage in or out of a substantial portion of the eastern half of Ukraine. Like her father Boots was politically astute, a child prodigy. Sensitive to human rights. Having Lucas as her little brother she had grown up knowing, in her very being, that she must now and in the future be his protector. Boots herself knew she was destined for a future in politics. She had already joined a youth group of a leading Canadian political party. She had learned through osmosis from her father the structure of Canadian politics. Justin Trudeau had finally gone down in a devastating electoral loss. An event that occurred after the unite the right campaign had finally brought together a constantly divided right wing The world she lived in was a place that would challenge the underlining values a democracy needed to survive. Justin Trudeau had done extensive damage to the Canadian Government structure after he had invoked the Emergency act against the truckers and then in an act of political indecency had lifted the skirt of the N. D. P. and formed the closest reflection to a co-olation government in the history of Canadian politics. This at the expense of party integrity. Party integrity, Boot’s believed, was an essential part of Canadian Democracy. The issue of a federal political party, “The Bloc,” being able to field candidates in only one province. Needed to delt with by legislative changes and possible change to the constitution. Boot's thought that mankind's forward progress would be stopped only by an inablity to contorl all aspects of the violence of war.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 24 New Cyber-Evolution

Earth Date March 27th.2022

Geo Frampton was taking his turn as seminar lead, in Richard’s political science class. Geo started with the statement that the pandemic had speeded up change in society that was supposed to happen much slower. “These changes needed the critical eye of opposition.” Geo remarked, “This may seem like a strange statement to make but I think the food supply in Canada is under stress,” “Social change is leading to an elitist society The big winners here are homeowners with a paid off mortgage. There is nothing wrong with this, these people have worked all their lives or at the very least twenty years to pay down their mortgage. The danger here is that the younger home buyer will be out of the market. “Home ownership has always been one of the best paths to financial security. However, the NDP pressing the liberals for a tax on bank profits does little to address the real issue of extremely high real estate prices. We need to take a good look at the world we are leaving behind as we move online. The historical role of an opposition party has been to ask the questions?” So, what are the questions? The most basic one is do all Canadians have an equal opportunity to succeed. “We could look at the basic’s food, housing, and shelter. These must be available to all Canadians in a world of explosive population growth, climate change, war, and refugees.” “To access the virtual world the individual Canadian must first have housing. That in turn gives access to personal hardware, then software. Now we move to the world of fees, and subscriptions, which is more expense” “The internet has changed the world of movies, the Oscar goes to a streaming service event, that 20% of Canadians will never see. Music marketing has changed, the pandemic changed Intercity transit, major independent owners went bankrupt. There is no return no looking back, control of niche markets is tightening. As the virtual world gains more control personal freedoms are in retreat.” Richard Interrupts this diatribe. “Geo, I think your straying from the topic? The question was, Did the NDP become a political prostitute by inking this deal with the minority Liberal Government? I also suggested that this situation would not have happened if the Bloc and every federal political party, under rule of the constitution, must field candidates in every federal riding across the nation and not on province. I thought you would address the question of splinter political parties on the far right and how their actions weaken the Canadian political System” Richard continues, “The United States has a two-party system That I believe makes democracy more efficient. Geo, you can sit down." Itza Goldberg another student says, “Geo is on the right track he is talking about the problems students encounter, with a changing economy, finding work, a pandemic, and what I would address as cyber-Evolution. Events are proceeding toward a world I may not want. A world where the upper middle class has food and shopping delivery to their door, and the small independent shop owner has his lively hood in peril. The federal government has done nothing for job creation. Government responds to big money and big money wants political influence. What is really happening here is a preparation for a significant reduction in world population.” Richard, “That would be a criminal act do you think humankind will let that happen.” Itza, “Why not? We have no qualms about letting our mentally ill wander the streets. It is like they are surplus people. When you are talk about the mentally ill, and sometimes the disabled, our society is non inclusive. The unemployment rate for disabled people is significantly higher than the norm.” Richard suddenly remembers that Itza is a special needs student with Muscular dystrophy.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 25 TED

Earth Date March 29th.2022

Boots is giving a TED presentation. At just 15 years old she is to give by invitation from the University of Guelph and TED TALKS an address at Rozanski hall. This event is happening in part because of the relentless promotional efforts of her current affairs teacher MS. Haley Robert – Bamford. Boot’s topic is, “The Cookie.” She starts speaking, “Good morning my name is Kar Kylyle, but most people call me Boots, today I want to talk about the Cookie, Boots had practiced this speech so many times with Melissa, and by herself in front of the mirror. Now the words are memorized, the face and hand gestures fixed to a pattern. She had first given the talk at Resurrection Catholic Secondary school, first to her classmates, then to a general assembly held in the school’s only large lecture theatre. “The Cookie is still with us” Boost spoke with confidence. She had learned long ago that she was intellectually advanced. Still, they were two things' Boots needed right now to function and stay focused. The constant love of her devoted mother who had taken time off work today to attend Boots Lecture and her brother Lucas. Today Boot suddenly went off script. Boots before I really get into this topic, I would like to acknowledge that I am me, partly because of the efforts of my mom. Mom, can you stand up please.” Apple is embarrassed but stands up. Boots “this is my mother Apple, and it is her birthday today. We are both fans of stomping Tom Connors music and we love to sing the song together about the hockey mom. My brother Lucas is sitting there beside my mom. However, to get back on script. Boots “The cookie is with us now, and how we respond to this cookie crisis will be judged by future historians.” Boot’s again goes off script. “Mom you can sit down now.” “How did the cookie change our world? We can start with recent reports from China that cell phone sales in that part of the world have slowed due to lockdowns,” “Well, you might ask yourself, why don’t companies sell them online?” “Maybe China might not have the laptop purchasing power that we do here in North America.” Every country's response to cookies is different. But lockdowns are a knee jerk response with all governments." "I am going to tell you now that unless we think up radical new Ideas. Canada will be in lockdown again in January and February 2023." “The danger with a lock down is that it will shut down certain sectors of a nation's economy.” “It is good for online sales and food order companies. A lock down has in the past been hard on the local grocer and pubs. This is the local town. Buildings make a town and pay property taxes” “The Mayor of Toronto recently made a plea for people to come back to work downtown.” “Why? Because people make the city.” "hands up, how many here want to tax the Internet?" “Is the cookie real, or a means of social manipulation, behavior modification?" ”The cookie is real, but the threat posed by the cookie, gives government and industry the opportunity to manipulate human behavior.” “We must decide now what kind of world we want" "It is especially important to understand how far we are willing to go, and what kind of disruption to our personal life we want to allow.” “One disabled man told me after getting special permission to take a credit course in creative writing. He believed his counsellor failed him because she simply did not do her job and help him to properly deal with issues caused at the start of semester by the cookie." Lockdowns should never be a place to hide from doing the job we have, and to do that Job to the best of our abilities.“ “During the reign of the cookie disruptions in communication were commonplace, and communication with the government that was already difficult became deplorable." "A homeless man my brother Lucas and I met begging in the street. Said he could not get a place to live because his wallet with Identification was not with him. It would take six weeks to get new stuff." "Two months later in January at the same street corner. I asked him if he had spoken with a social worker. He said no, he looked to me like he had lost fifty pounds,” “The family of people who are in nursing homes and retirement residencies are without the visits from family. Even now any visit from family involves a rapid test. While the people outside the home can take off their masks, inside retirement residencies and nursing homes and on public transit masks are mandatory.” “The masking mandate will come back. It may never go away, so if you want to stay in school or travel, keep your vaccine history up to date.” “The thought I want to leave you with is this one, the methods the people of the Middle Ages used to combat the Bubonic Plague today seem primitive. If humankind lives another three hundred years. How will history record the roaring twenties and the reign of the Cookie?”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 25 start over

Earth Date March 30th.2022

“You Know, one of my students was talking about the Extermination of vast numbers of the world population, in order to accommodate what I have defined in my classes, as the age of Aquarius.” Richard is speaking to another faculty member. In a private bar at the on-university property” Oliver Black is a professor of Philosophy on campus, “you know Richard, I am no Medical Doctor, but I want to tell you about something I think I heard on a news broadcast this morning.” "The newscaster said “We do not know what number of generations this Virus will mutate through before it is not recognizable as Covid. At that point, the kill ratio will be much Higher” Oliver again says, “I am still not sure if I heard that right.” Oliver, “Richard we must look at world population from a statistician point of view. If country, A, no longer must support drug addicts, the elderly, or the disabled, and all the other countries around the world are still doing so. Then country, A, has just gained a significant economic advantage over B, C, and D. This is telling stories out of school if you want to survive in politics, but I believe in free speech. We must talk about the ideas of which we are most afraid. Richard, “yes, I have noticed the news about the war and the pandemic, no significant news about world population or climate change. So, is there a G10 conspiracy afoot?” Oliver, “Do not be daft. Events like these cannot be part of the agenda of any meetings, they just happen.” Richard, “oh of course like the pandemic.” Oliver, “yes I do not think that anything like a pandemic would could be premeditated by any country, nation or peoples” Richard is now on the phone to Apple, “hon, I am truly Sorry for whatever happened between us. I was feeling the trust that I placed in you, was a bad judgment on my part” Apple, I feel the same, I mean, I made a wrong decision based solely on my emotional feeling at the time and I did not anticipate the result. Richard, “Apple you are not alone there, I have made a at least ten of those kinds of decisions myself. I am off the alcohol altogether and I have been feeling better for a couple of months. I keep it around for guests. Apple, “that is good news, I mean that you are feeling better. We all miss you and want you home. Richard, “well Apple you know I want nothing less, but I must feel safe in my own home. The way it stands now I have my name down as an alcohol, risk, and a domestic risk, with the justice system.” “All it takes is one phone call from you and I am in lock up.” “So, I need legal guarantees from you, the papers are at my lawyer’s office. You are going to say you never made a complaint. We will start from fresh. Any records will vanish. That is the only way out for me. Apple, yes, I want to fall in love all over again, but you must promise Lucas remains our dependent, for as long as he needs that help and no Institution. Richard, “Ok Apple But both kids have claim on the house.” Apple, “Agreed”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 27 The Hospital

Earth Date April 1st.2022

Apple is at work, and it was a slow time, towards the end of shift when she had time to think. “Triage was a concept in medicine she understood well. It is sometimes a good thing to let the world know you are in pain, more so when you first arrive at the hospital. Especially if you arrive by ambulance.” “If the patient will not let the Triage nurse know there in severe pain, then that very nurse might not let that patient see a doctor for three hours because she has bumped them back in the line.” “This is a constant in a hospital setting, because the worst-case scenario would be to have the Hospitals best team of surgeons preforming a heart transplant on a patient who has stage four liver cancer.” “Triage is the concept of keeping priorities in order with only one emergency room doctor on duty. The hospital must use him as a prized resource, you do not want him looking at a big sore pimple. When he or she should be attending at the side of a crash cart that has a car accident victim lying on top.” Apple is allowing her mind to wander She thinks about Mom, so far away in United States. “The chronic diseases of old age will play a role in who gets treatment first, Obesity, hiatal hernia, angina, and stroke. Weather a person can walk or not and previous medical history, even mental illness all these factors have a rung on the triage ladder. In the end it is triage that can quietly decide life or death. On the lowest rung of the ladder, there is the DO NOT resuscitate order that can also bring life to a close. These decisions are part of the hospital environment all the time pressing on the minds of the medical staff. and are a consequence of human mortality. Sometimes everyone’s life story reaches its last chapter and ends . Richard is again asking questions of his student he is trying to make them think about the world around them. He says, “are we deliberately killing the economy of Afghanistan? Do we have the right to do this?” I think we have failed as human beings to completely control war. Now we have a situation, a question of human rights. the United States wants Afghanistan as a country to go away. Perhaps hoping a phoenix will rise in its place. A country with the same human rights values that the western democracies hold dear.” “I want to you to ask yourself something.”If we can kill a country by economic means, is this how we will address the problem of overpopulation?” Our age of Aquarius is in jeopardy.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 28 Logic

Earth Date April 3rd.2022

Boot’s is at a friend’s condominium in a tower in Toronto The friend is a Chinees Canadian real name is Li Jing. But she uses the English name Ann when she needs to feel non-threatening. Boots met Li in a residence for first year University students, at Waterloo University. At age 15 Boots completed the requirements for a high school diploma and had moved on campus to the University where her dad taught. Because Dad was faculty boots tuition is free. Boots was good at making friends but also good at losing them. Malisa was one year behind her, still in high school. Boots missed her best friend Malisa and faced another problem Boys, the young men on campus avoided her because of her age. Time after Time she had gone to an all-ages dance and left crying thinking about the song by “Robyn, Dancing on my own.” After seeing any young man, she was interested in meeting leave with an older Student. She had discovered Li’s father Yang worked as a structural Engineer and Wu; Li’s mother was a backend coder for Microsoft. The condominium was a community limited only to the people you could get to know. Inside the building there was a swimming pool, a gym, two bars, a breakfast coffee store, a food store, a small banquette hall and a games room. Although pandemic lockdown restrictions had caused closures during the winter. The Place was a wide-open paradise for two lonely young women. In condominium unit number 705 the two girls slept together in the same bedroom. The room was large enoungh to accomadate two Queen sized beds And in this place of safety their bond grew strong. Both students aiming high to get a degree in law. That; Boot’s thought, was the gateway into Politics. The two girls had taken the day off from study to relax in Toronto. The first place was of course church, St. Michael’s Cathedral. here the two girls had their first encounter with a real Cardinal and native Americas dressed for the Occasion. The Pope had asked all Canadians bishops should demonstrate a sign of solidarity with the Native American population in Canada as part of the truth and reconciliation program. It was a Catholic Sin. The residential school system. Then the rest of the day was spent at Li’s home baking bread by the stir method, Something Boot’s has learned from her grandmother, It was a hobby that would carry her through the on with for rest of her life. listening to the music of, among others Justin Bieber, Li like his song, “Peaches”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 29 Logic

Earth Date April 5th.2022

A. 1. Most women’s fashion designers are men. All men a chauvinists. Therefore, High heels and eye makeup, were made to put women at a disadvantage. B. 2. A woman wearing spike heels and makeup is considered respectable. Therefore, a woman not wearing makeup and spike heels, is not respectable. C 3. Formal dress for a man is practical and empowering and makes a statement of Control and social status. 4. Formal dress for women can make a statement of social status. Formal dress for women is sometimes not practical for the job and can communicate vulnerability and dependency. 5. Therefore, women must be careful to dress for the job, but men do not. D 6. Make up eye shadow, plastic fingernails, and high heels are fun. 7. Riding a rollercoaster is fun. 8. A roller coaster is entertainment. 9. Therefore, women are entertainment Boots is taking a class in Logic. The professor’s name is Bee Onan. She is short, five foot four. A woman with dyed bright blue hair. Her own natural eyebrows, her own nails and lashes, a white silk blouse, a purple mesh panel skirt and practical pair of brown shoes. She is standing at the front of the lecture hall, Talking to the class. “Bee On the screen you can see the Questions, fallacious arguments, made up for class I asked you the find fault with the three arguments and then make one of your own. Kar you have something to say?” Bee was the only prof who addressed Boots by her name not her nickname. Boot’s stands up, “yes mam I do have an answer for you. 1. Fashion is an art. 2. Art can be self-expression 3. Fashion is self-expression fashion can help create Identity. Bee "what about the argument guys have, that long fingernails and fake eyelashes are a statement that says the girl is unwilling to do hard work. A Boy who grew up on a farm might see a girl like that as less of a partner and more as just High Maintenance. Even self-indulgent. What about the statement that only rich girls can afford fashion? Boots is about to say more, when Bee says, "that was a satisfactory answer, but this is a class in logic. And the point that fashion is art is debatable.” “When we are dealing with points of Law any argument presented in court must be to the point and without any vagueness.” Bee addresses another student, “Simon using just logic not Legal argument tell me why the man who steps off a curb on a walk signal and is then struck by a car is entitled to compensation. Simon, 1. “The man can see. He has been given a signal to that it is safe to cross. 2. He steps into the road because he has the light in his Favour, it is safe to do so. It is not safe because of the actions of a driver who did not follow the rules. 3. Compensation is due to him because he had the right to expect to be safe.“ Bee “What if the drivers brakes failed?” Simon “Compensation is still due because, he had the light in his Favour and had the right to feel safe crossing the street. Bee, “Very good” Bee again, “What about a man who enters a subway train in Toronto expecting to sit on a seat, but the seat pops back up and the man falls to the floor.” Simon, “If there was no signage saying the seat would operate in a different manner for the norm the man should expect to be compensated.”

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 30 Quarterback sneak

Earth Date April 5th.2022

The deep peaceful Canadian woods had always been a part of boots very soul. The summer BBQ of fresh caught fish, the call of the loon, the tapping of the woodpecker, and the buzz of the red winged black bird. The forever summers of the cottage. Boots, brother Lucas loved to fish his skin would darken deep golden tan as soon as the Canadian weather let up enough to allow the 50 days of sun a year, that God in his wisdom had granted to the average Canadian. Lucas had grown up to the age of twelve, he loved sport, Hockey, Basketball, and he was baseball crazy. He had worked as a dishwasher running and draining the Hobart machine and washing the pots by hand. The job was only part-time due to pandemic restrictions. Lucas had managed to save enough to build what he called His speaking box. As well as knowing every local player, and their stats Lucas knew all Major league Players too. All this hidden inside. Because for him writing and talking were difficult. He had become a popular boy, people liked to be around him. If he could not talk, he would use a read aloud text to speech program and make his point from the baseball reference guide on the internet. The internet was to save Lucas from the madness of Ontario’s welfare system. Richard, Lucas’s father, was now becoming enlightened as to the wisdom of Apple’s push for a life plan for Lucas. Living at home now having seen Lucas his son, in action. Richard was starting to love his son. Inside Richard, pride was replacing pity. He had come to realize after encounters with O. D. S. P. social workers. That that system was a trap and would not be in the best interest for his sons Future. That system was a failure, a top-heavy bureaucracy. Full of paper pushers, and people who made money from poverty and homelessness. Richard had decided these were not the kind of people he wanted charged with looking after the life of his son. “Hello Son.” Lucas was on the couch watching a football game Live. He had invented a little speaker box with a joystick, and it could speak for him. But because of the hand movement he had only limited use of a keyboard The box was of his own design and modeled using 3d printing with the help of his Industrial arts teacher at his high school. Lucas also made the silicon chip for it, using the 3d printer. Samsung’s internet browser is now accessed by a joystick attached to a simple game console and integrated with a Smart Samsung TV anywhere. With this device while still watching the TV Lucas answered his father. Sounding a bit like Stephen Hawking. Richard’s son spoke, “here comes the quarterback sneak.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 31 The Show

Earth Date April 8th.2022

“I think the problem needs to be addressed.” Apple, Boots, Richard, and Lucas are attending a virtual seminar on drug use in the workplace. There is a camera mounted. It is on the top of the Kylyle’s smart tv located in the basement? The half of the basement that Lucas does not claim as his own. Dr. Elmer Fubsy’s face is on the TV “At least two Canadian provinces are considering making more illicit drugs legal, attempting to stem the death toll from overdose.” “It is like Alice, the mushroom. You eat it, you take it knowing there will be consequences. Your ten feet, tall but there is no other side to this mushroom. You will be Avatar for the rest of your life, Minus the sexy tail of course” Is Marijuana use at work in Canada is becoming a socially acceptable thing to do? Since the legalization of marijuana, we have more weed stores than major grocery chains. I want to hear from you: if you feel that heroin users should have a prescription for methadone and granted a welfare allowance. These addicts could be in Ukraine fighting for a cause, that could either kill them or make them grow up?” Lucas fingers his joystick, and His face Appears on the screen. That machine like voice is speaking. “That would be cruel, how long would it be before you killed off all the disabled people too?” It is Fubsy talking again “I did not say that; what I did say is that a drug user makes a choice, sometimes every day. Then these addicts say to society, help me I made a mistake. I thought the whole Idea of legalizing marijuana was to allow people to make up their own mind just like liquor or beer. Disable people do not choose that lifestyle; this is an unfortunate situation that places an obligation, not a request, on the social safety net. In the story of a disabled persons life, the safety net may never involve consuming these resources. All the same they are available to empower a person who is at a disadvantage to a better life. I have wander off topic here” Nathan Fife is on screen, “I have fought addiction all my life and I do not think the government has a right to let me die. or force me to fight in Ukraine." Elmer Fubsy’s, pudgy face is again on the screen. This is a man who has made his reputation saying the outrageous. He is about to do it again. Fubsy “Sir Do you have a job?” “I am unemployed right now” “Do you receive Methadone treatments? Nathan, “yes” “I will tell you what Nathan; I will, at my expense, send you to the Last Chance Drug Rehabilitation Center in Prince George British Columbia. You will be back here in 6 months to tell us what you learned.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 32 Election

Earth Date April 10th 2022

“I get it, I do Get it, Pandemic restrictions are harder when you're poor.” Boot’s now eighteen is giving a campaign speech at Waterloo Square, only a short distance from the University of Waterloo’s Perimeter Center where the great Stephen Hawking spoke. Although Boots has a powerful intellect. At 18 years of age, she has a BSc from the University of Waterloo and is studying Law at York University’s Osgood Hall. Her mind is no match to the mind of the great scientist. Hawking Who had a mind that God Grants as a gift to Humankind once maybe every fifty years. She is giving this speech in a bid to win a seat on Waterloo City council. She commutes on weekdays to Toronto using the GO train. Accessed very conveniently by taking a ride on the Waterloo Regional Government’s LRC from Union Station she then rides the TTC to York University subway station. Gas prices are extremely high and the war in Ukraine has raged for years despite the death of Vladmir Putin. Boots continues, “I grew up with loving kind and affluent parents. I am smart and I have grit. Not so many are as lucky as me. There are people who work in our local factories. They rely on transit to get them to work. I know you would be amazed at the friends you can make riding buses and trains. One of the people I know boards the train, I take to work in Guelph. He tells me transit in that city has been badly planned. It has evolved from a small dial a bus project to now in the year 2028, most people must book a bus the day before work on their phone. everyday even to get to the Supermarket. The people of Guelph who use transit in this year 2028 must plan their trip in advance. “So why do I speak to you of Guelph when I am running for office in Waterloo. The Transit system in Guelph was poorly planned and unlike the systems in Waterloo, Mississauga, and Toronto government grant money and investment should have prioritized permanent transit infrastructure." "Yes, I do get it, A plan like dial a bus just adds another genuine hardship to working people’s lives." I want good transit planning. If elected, I will work to make the wonderful transit system we have in Waterloo even better. Reduce wait times and make it less of a challenge to take transit in Winter. Our community could introduce quieter electric buses closer to home. I get those pandemic restrictions are needed, we are 6 years into this, and everyone eligible has had at least five shots. This does not mean everyone is getting through this ok. It is easier to get through a Canadian Winter If you can fly south for a week, and have food delivered to your door. It looks like long range planning is a bit unsure, we need absolute clarification of the rules of the Game well in advance. Pandemic restriction is not an excuse to be rude to your neighbor, or for government offices, or Universities to block communication. Restrictions should have a negligible effect on the mental health of the elderly and the young.” Pandemic restrictions are at best a stop gap to prevent the problem getting any worse, with God's grace twenty years from now with the plague under control humankind will call today’s efforts at pandemic control primitive. As we now call some of the methods used to control the bubonic plague. The last thing on my mind is taxes, every municipal government runs on property taxes. If we lose our little tax paying shops and stores, we could lose our towns Identity. Virtual shopping is fun, but I am for the kind of marketing where the buyer only gets a discount when they shop in person. Thank you for your time, People call me Boots, But on Your ballet, I am Karhan Kylyle. What we need is another mind like Sephen Hawking to sort the world out. But I think it would have to be a political mibd. notlike Hwking Who was good in science

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 33 More Politics

Earth Date April 11th 2022

Boots is Continuing her speech “Transit cannot be effective if it is not responsive, in the summer people want to go camping and walk trails and get outdoors. These facilities are just outside city limits. There is no sense running empty buses in the summer on routes that students used to take to get to school. So, I suggest we place those buses on summer routes,” Here in Waterloo, we have an advantage. Unlike cities where transit stops at the city limits, we have Regional Government here. One of the rides I take when, I crave the countryside is the route that leaves Conestoga Mall and goes to Elmira by way of St. Jacobs.” “I want to stress to you that, if elected as your representative on Waterloo City Councilor my influence on transit policy would be extremely limited. Transit is the responsibility of the government of the Region of Waterloo, not only that, but Grand River Transit is also a private company.” “As your representative at City Hall, I will mostly be looking at the less spectacular administration of Government authority, zoning regulations, and bylaws.” “So, I will do my best to change the events I can and influence the events that are important to me. I stand against domestic violence of any kind, I stand with Aboriginal peoples, and the civil liberties of all people everywhere.” The use if covid restriction to accumulate wealth has changed our economic structure. Passive income is accessible to upper middle-class individuals but not to others, working people need transit, supermarkets, OHIP and childcare. This is 2027. We all know the effect these restrictions have on our towns and cities. Little villages are losing their Identity if not vanishing all together. Although covid restrictions are in the Jurisdiction of the Federal and provincial governments. In this year 2027. You can already see we have lost social Norms; we may never get back. “I believe after 6 years of this pandemic we must allow free speech about alternatives to masking up and social distancing. This is a Sars virus what about a pill to flush your whole body. Can we not do any better than a mask?” Boot’s Grandmother is dying her journey from her beloved home to hospital, then to a Retirement home, her house with all its mixers, loaf pans, and her microwave convection oven, is empty except for her pet cat Dodger. Her freezer was still filled with cakes, pies, and bread. The creations of her hands, activity that had brought joy and contentment into her life. Grandma has had a fall and is now in pain from internal bleeding. She prays to her God; “I am lord, less than a perfect human being forgive me my conceits and failures.” Then she hears her answer, “My darling child the life I granted you, you have made good, that life is now complete. I am pleased with you. I take you now. In my arms.” Boots is on the phone, her mother Apple is in tears, “How dare you say to me you had no contacts for her next of kin!” The phone disconnects.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 35 Chicago

Earth Date April 12th 2022

Standing In the backyard of her dead Grandmothers house. Boots is aware of the history of the city, of Chicago, the race riots of the sixties, the labor strikes, this is what Boots thought she knew about this Great American City. The sticky Onion was about to show her more personality now that she was old enough to understand. Chicago was not a native American word like Ontario or Mississauga. Chicago was a word derived from the Spanish word for sticky onion a plant that Grew in the Chicago River. The sicky onion was the T cross bar for Canadian National Railways. Trains for Canada came on route through Kalamazoo from the border crossings at Windsor and Sarnia. These trains shuffled fright cars like a deck of playing cards in the great cities' huge rail yards. Then huge eighty thousand horsepower diesel locomotives would yank fifty thousand tons of factory condition newly built cars, south to Florida. or empty oil tank cars to Canada, potatoes to California and lettuce to Toronto. There is a time when a garden in north America whispers about the beauty of spring and all the world is flowers. Crab-apple, cherry forsythia, lilies, Lavender and geraniums, green moss with diamonds of dew. The mist was lifting to allow the warm brown, yellow summer sun to warm the bare white flesh that had survived the impact of a Canadian Winter. Boot and Apple clasped hand and discussed how Mary had died, too soon to see all this. At the funeral Boots wanted to be careful not to touch the body in the casket. She had touched one before and the face had broken crumpled like the leaves in fall. The family had, had trouble crossing the border. For under the title “purpose of visit: line 2; Apple had to provide documentation for proof of kin. medical history. All members of the family had to have a rapid covid test. Richard had Mutter something under his breath About how in six years no one had produced something more creative that a paper mask. Everyone had to take their mask off before Dodger the cat would settle enough to eat.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 36 The Face of Ugly

Earth Date April 14th 2022

“Surrounded by the spectacular beauty of her Grandparents Garden, Boots finds she is making American friends. “So, you’re the young Canadian girl running for politics in Ontario?” “Yes, who told you that?” Your mother of course. What I am interested in is your opinion of this war in Ukraine. You see I am a journalist, oh how rude of me I am Simon Springer.” Boots answers slowly and with caution, “my name is Karhen Kylyle most people call me Boots, what I think about the war is it should end. Humankind should not make war; war is destructive, and war makes this gift of mother earth an extremely dangerous place to live.” Boots continues, “Making war and waging war for whatever rationalization is a primitive activity?” Unless humans control violence we will not survive on this earth.” Bullies must not have the opportunity to threaten world peace, but that must happen before violence starts. It is 2027 now and that war started in 2022. It started because I believe the countries of N.A.T. O. did not have the backbone to put boots on the ground when there were first indications of an invasion by Russia. Now in 2027 it is not a case of who did what or who committed a war crime. Simply put, the violence must stop. “Bravo,” Simon filled with glee says, “you certainly express yourself. Allow me to show you around Chicago.” Boots is wearing a yellow skirt and a retro yellow cashmere sweater over a white blouse and stockings with yellow walking shoes. Simon is wearing a retro top hat and an old tuxedo with a tail, a very white shirt, and a green bow tie. He has black walking shoes. New clothing is hard to buy because of rationing in both United States and Canada. Simon,“Of course, you know about the elevated railway. That is where we will start. I did not ask, but can you play your own music?” Boots “yes” “Oh good. Because we have local jazz music here you cannot find anywhere else in the world, Dusty Groove is my favorite record store. Then we can eat. If you are hungry, we can take out, or eat in, or curbside. Somewhere in East Ukrainian village, Uncle Mike’s place, or someplace We can get into on a moment's notice. Richard Kylyle is not in Chicago, He is still teaching class in Waterloo, four hundred level World Politics, He is Talking to the class, I am giving away my age here,but I have a story to tell. Did you know that it was Richard Milhouse Nixon who ended the conflict in Vietnam? A conflict that raged through the terms of four presidents. During that war there was use of napalm and agent orange. Chemical warfare is nothing new. However, the killing of Russia’s soldiers on Russia soil. Until now has not happened before since World War Two. Peace and stability come when no one is viewed as The Enemy. It will not be easy to forgive and end this war, but it must be done. This war should never have started in the first place. We can only bait the Russian bear so far. I always try to Imagine if our planet is visited right now by an alien who is not hostile but has more intelligence than we do. How would it rescue our world? What if the aliens came here following the map, we placed on the Voyager. spacecraft? Then again, we my blow ourselves up in a nuclear holocaust, and the space craft Voyager would be the only recording of the history of Humankind.

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YELLOW BOOTS episode 37 No Way back

Earth Date April 15th 2022

All the seniors’ residences were in lockdown. In one way or another, for some homes that meant patio access and meals in the room no dining room or community room no leaving the premisis. The rules were always enforced much stricter on long weekends. So,this Easter weekend Apple was finding it exceedingly difficult to ascertain the exact cause of death of her mother Mary Francine. Apple was finding, just as her daughter had, that the average American was super friendly. It was like they were born confident and smiling ready to shake your hand. Gaynelle Wilson, Mary’s next-door neighbor, is talking to Apple. The two have gone inside Mary’s house and are talking alone in a bedroom upstairs. Gaynelle, “that woman, your mother, she loved the kitchen, she had it made over three times.” Apple, “I haven’t even seen it yet, I have had too much on my mind. That is the surprise that future adventure will bring. Her death was so sudden do you know much about it?” “You know Apple,” Gaynelle begins, “Old people, unless they have an active Advocate, they are considered dead before their dead. Ever since this pandemic hit old people are called vulnerable but are regarded as the social group most likely to be infectious. She died in the Springfield retirement residence. She would never let herself be placed in nursing care.” “No, she had that written into the instructions on her medic alert. Did she die of the plague?” I was here at the front door when she left by ambulance. It was a stroke. The police were there too because they had to knock on the front door. Did she have a medical alert of some kind?” Apple, “She had a wristwatch, I think, she wasn’t talking to me much recently because we would not visit. She talked to my daughter mostly by Skype. I am not much for travel, and I really don’t like crossing the border. She was upset with me for that, but she still left me Power of Attorney. It took the authorities here three days to find the will. Then I had to prove it at my end by fax.” “Yes, I do think it was a stroke, I know you’re a medic, but I tell you, sometimes you go into hospital and the emergency nurse is told of the stroke but can miss on the bruised hip or shoulder. Apple, “a stroke is recoverable are you saying there was a complication?” “It is more likely than not.” Apple knew from her on the job training that she needed more information to grieve and respect the loss of her mother from her world. She knew the tears would come, but not right now. She thanked Ms. Wilson for the information and had gone downstairs. The gathering of people in the backyard was smaller now. The little party of Neighbour's friends and customers of her mothers had been arranged by funeral director Preston N Smithfield who had placed an ad in the Chicago Sun Times, then received one hundred phone calls and emails expressing sympathy. Preston Smithfield had then been in constant communication with Apple as she had progressed on her journey from Canada by train. Preston had set the date of the gathering at Apples request. She had told him to push it back a day because, unlike the days before the pandemic, the VIA Rail passenger train stopped at the Canadian border. Apple and Boots had to make their own way across the Detroit River to pick up an Amtrack train in United States. There was no longer the relay of Amtrak and VIA Rail trains running in exchange across the border all the way from Toronto to Chicago. Apple Touched the kitchen counter of her mother’s home, The two KitchenAide blenders, and a special microwave super oven were all there. Apple fell to her knees in grief and tears.She gave voice to the grief of her wounded soul, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy. The date is Sunday March 27, 2027.