Back On After A Bit

There are a number of adjustments we’ve made since moving home, back to the old country. I think of PEI the way characters in films or books talk about returning to some small town in Italy or a quiet corner of Europe after decades living in what was once considered modern — America.PEI is quaint, quiet, and slow. Which can be nice.I know I’ve written somewhere about how the medical system fails patients and professionals alike, and how entrenched the bureaucracy and fiefdoms are that resist any change. The prevailing attitude isn’t how can we make this work — it’s simply no. Not just PEI, but all across Atlantic Canada. We are the have-nots because, on some level, that’s how we want to be. Unless, of course, we’re talking about a Costco or a possible fast food franchise. Bad food, apparently, spurs us to collaboration.The electric utility and the medical system are our two great complaints here, and neither has changed meaningfully in the eight years I’ve been back.—-There is a large…