Don’t blame it on the Migraine / Don’t blame it on the Lockdown / Don’t blame it on the abseil/ Blame it on the Boogie.

This morning I had one of the worst headaches I can remember having. I lay in the dark with a pillow on my head and the cat in my armpit. Later, I slept on my son’s bed, desperate to get away from the noises at the other end of the house. My friend said perhaps … Continue reading Don’t blame it on the Migraine / Don’t blame it on the Lockdown / Don’t blame it on the abseil/ Blame it on the Boogie.

I Love Mianbao the Way a Mouse Loves Rice…

In recent months, I have avoided using "Google" as my search engine because I don't like how it tracks me and targets me with advertisements and splashes my phone's newsfeed with vaguely related topics.  So I have been using Duck Duck Go.  It's good but has its limitations.   For example, I can't find the website … Continue reading I Love Mianbao the Way a Mouse Loves Rice…

“It is potential that could be the case, but that may be focal”

On the ABC I read today that when Dr Brendan Murphy was asked if Australia was likely to employ lockdown measures such as those being used in Europe, his response was: "It is potential that could be the case, but that may be focal." Poor Dr Murphy!  To say a sentence like that and then … Continue reading “It is potential that could be the case, but that may be focal”

It’s a “we” world after-all!.

A man who wrote a book called The Song of Trees talked on Conversations about how, biologically speaking, there is no such thing as an individual.  I loved this idea.  I feel like it relates to my ideas about Climate Change, Gaia and needing to save everybody on the planet for the humans to survive.   … Continue reading It’s a “we” world after-all!.

What colour is this virus, anyway?

This week the Australian Government announced that they were imposing travel bans from Iran and South Korea. Italy, on the other hand, was only having “enhanced screening” inflicted. Even at that time, Italy’s cases exceeded Iran’s and their death rate exceeded South Korea’s. In the late ‘70s, my family up and moved to Indonesia. Friends … Continue reading What colour is this virus, anyway?

Imminent A vs Imminent B

So this blog is mostly about Climate Change.   But now there's COVID19.    I think it's an interesting subplot for this blog.  There are a lot of parallels. COVID19 and Climate Change are both existential threats.  But COVID19 is more like an enemy in a battle ground.  People die of visible symptoms.  Individuals can be tested.  … Continue reading Imminent A vs Imminent B