It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, you can walk into a book store, cast your eye over the aisle labels and head for the book in the genre you are after, right? Well, that was true until recently. Rather than the tried and true categorisation by genre method, a new book shop…
Articles from February 2021
Normal here, but not everywhere
It appears this one has been doing the rounds. The question originally posed was, “What is something that’s normal in your country, but weird for the rest of the world?” It’s a little hard to answer, because how do you know what isn’t normal elsewhere? So I thought I’d put together a few things and…
Holiday here
With international travel locked down for Australia (in and out) for at least this year, possibly longer, we will all be holidaying Down Under. To encourage us to explore our wonderful country, Tourism Australia has a “holiday here this year” campaign underway. I am loving this campaign, particularly the ad below, narrated by a favourite…
The mystery of dust
Dust. It’s everywhere. I swear I have only just finished dusting and it has snuck up behind me and spread itself around again. I find dusting to be one of those tasks that when you’ve finished is really satisfying, because there is a definite improvement that can be seen (unlike other tasks like laundry, because…
I learned
In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. What I learned from……an Australian study, is that single-use face masks might be able to be turned into roads. How cool is that! Recycling single-use face masks isn’t something I have ever thought about before, but with our new covid life,…