Valuable rags & rusty nails
How do you have a congruent life, where what you want to do and what you think you ought to do are the same thing? And when might you wish someone would give you a rusty nail?
Tag: 2021
South American planning
So many uncertainties in COVID times. Should we take a South American approach to planning, see what comes, rather than my preferred plan-well-in-advance?
Omicron and freedom
We are having a New Year party – should we require people show their vaccine passports? I’m big on freedom to act but I also don’t want to facilitate a mass spreading event…what to do?
Different perspectives
One day it looks like the end of COVID lockdowns is in sight, the next day we hear about Omicron. I need to think about things other than COVID to get some perspective, such as the view from a mountain.
Keeping an open mind
How do you keep your mind open to new ways of doing things and new knowledge? And why might Ivermectin reduce COVID deaths?
Funny and not so funny
New Zealand still doesn’t have endemic COVID-19, unlike much of the world. There’s a feeling of, can we just get it and move on? Except people who get very sick or die won’t be doing the sort of moving on I’m hoping for.
Some animals are more equal than others
Ethics – a tricky subject. Are all animals equally valuable? Are all humans equally valuable? Are they more or less or the same degree of valuable than animals? Is humans seeing themselves as outside the natural world a fundamental error?
Wastewater woes
ESR is using wastewater to find COVID outbreaks. And wastewater management is about to be reformed by the current government, who seem to be reforming everything without clear community mandate.
Sublime to ridiculous
We have a traffic light system for managing COVID which has taken everyone, including epidemiologists, by surprise. It’s weird. And it’s rigid and divisive.
Did it again
Doing more of what I love – in this case tramping. I had a tech break to escape COVID news and immerse myself in mountain vistas and water.