Tricky separations
There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that the COVID-year has driven more couples to separate than normal. Family lawyers say that they have […]
Tag: coronavirus
Complacency and fatigue
Chronic fatigue is one of the common symptoms of ‘long COVID’. In Britain, there are estimates that 14% of people who tested […]
Difficult decisions
I was looking at masks when I flew up to Auckland this week, and wondering how people decided to select the mask […]
Blowing bubbles
I was rather surprised this week to read that the travel industry thinks the government should insure travellers against getting stuck in […]
Squashed frog
Upon finishing our 3 week cycling trip I suddenly felt flat. Dead flat. Perhaps as flat as a frog we saw on […]
What’s in a year?
A year ago tomorrow I posted the start of this blog, prompted by Jacinda Ardern’s announcement on March 21 2020 that New […]
Are you on an e-bike?
I have been visualising carrying a swimming noodle so I can whip it out and hit people over the head when they […]
Early or Late?
The Serum Institute in India aims to manufacture over 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine shots in 2021. This would be almost half the […]
Customary practice
This week there was a kerfuffle in the New Zealand Parliament over a tie, or the lack of one. The Maori Party […]
Triumphs of science
COVID-19 vaccines are, without a doubt, a triumph of humans’ achievement in scientific and technological endeavour. That we have developed, manufactured and […]