Variations on a theme

Nature is full of variations, including COVID – we’ve had the UK, South African, Brazil and Indian variants which we are now calling by greek letters – alpha, beta, gamma, delta, to prevent prejudice.

Complacency and fatigue

Long COVID is becoming a thing – where people are long-term fatigued after having COVID. Short term fatigue about COVID is a thing too –it’s hard to stay interested in the plight of people who are out of sight and out of our country.

Where’s my grandmother when I need her?

Today I’d like my grandmother to be looking after me. I’d like to be in her house baking then play some ball-on-a-string, then stay the night and go to bed in Granny and Fafa’s spare room after they kiss me goodnight and Granny tells me a story about growing up in India.