A successful Scottish author has just had a book he wrote 15 years ago – which was rejected – published. The book, Lockdown, is based in a pandemic-impacted London which, along with the rest of the globe, is in lockdown. Just like the world is today. Except back then the publishers laughed and said in…
Articles from May 2020
Silly walks in lockdown
A family in Michigan have put up a sign outside their house encouraging people to “silly walk” their way past their house. If the concept of “silly walk” isn’t familiar, it comes from a Monty Python’s Flying Circus skit: The Ministry of Silly Walks (an excerpt below…) Apparently everyone has got into the spirit of…
Lockdown unlocking
I live in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). We are blessed to be the first place in Australia to be covid free. We have no active cases of covid, and have had no new cases for about a week now. With that good news, as of this weekend, our restriction are easing (although physical distancing…
I’m excited for spring
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Something you are excited for…I’m always excited for spring to arrive (I am not a winter gal), but this year I am more excited than usual because I have spent the last week or so planting over 250 spring bulbs. I…