Taking stock

New Zealand has dropped down its alert levels, though Auckland remains at 2 where the rest of the country is at 1. In Europe, cases are climbing but there’s resistance to any further hard lockdowns. And how are things looking for the Swedish experiment?

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.