Reactivity
When times are stressful, reactions can be out of proportion. A minor earthquake nearly sent me under my desk. And the general public is reactly hotly to the news AJ Hackett bungy has received a $5.1 million government handout.
Tag: 2020 June
Live for today, plan for tomorrow
I’ve always been one for living life to the fullest and the COVID lockdown has propelled me even further along that path. I’m learning the guitar because I realised music is something I have missed, for a number of decades.
Conspiracies in the corners
Could the government be dragging its feet on a trans-Tasman bubble because the surest way to lose the upcoming election would be a major COVID outbreak? And it’s dragging its feet by not paying attention to the slack state of quarantine procedures? Next I’ll be seeing communists in the cupboards!
Limits to compassion
Two people who were granted compassionate leave from quarantine after returning to NZ have been found to be infectious with COVID. How compassionate should we be in these circumstances? And how are our vaccines going to get us out of this situation?
Saving & fighting
Do we need to ‘save the economy’ in COVID times? Do we need to ‘save the planet’ in the face of climate change? I hypothesise that what we really want is to ‘save humanity’.
Scales of loss
There are many scales of loss and an earring, which I lost this week, is at the very small end of the scale. However, dealing with loss at every scale is something humans have to become accustomed to – that’s life, and COVID.
Tuatua fritters and watercress
We’re on a post-lockdown holiday in Northland. First stop is wild-harvesting, preparing and cooking tuatuta fritters and watercress with our eternal optimist friend Tony.
Moths and flames
This week George Floyd died in Minneapolis with a police officer’s knee on his neck. Emotions are running high and not just in the USA. Media fans the flames of emotion.
The art of navigation
Two trampers were found in northwest Nelson after being lost for a week. Did they have a map and compass? Media made a big fuss about the surviving with very little food. But why couldn’t they find their way home?
A new love
Post-lockdown we left Gibbston for Christchurch and we’ve been surfing. Life feels great – a new sport, new people, no tourists like those who clogged Queenstown post-COVID.