or not to be shot. That seems to be the question! The shot I am referring to is the covid vaccine. After months of everyone keeping their fingers crossed a vaccine could be developed, there are a number on the horizon. 2021 should be the year of the jab. But with the desperate wishes of…
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Presents for me
Recently I talked about how Christmas has crept up on me. Since then I have I have been making good headway into my shopping list. I love buying presents for other people and making sure it’s something they really want (mostly successful). The only person I have trouble thinking up gifts for is myself. The…
Scares me
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Write about something that scared you.Confession. I scare easily. It doesn’t take much for me to get a fright, probably because I have such a vivid imagination (great for writing, not so much for the grey hairs, lol). What is really…
Penguin soap opera
Turns out, penguins can leave any daytime soap opera for dead when it comes to relationships – the ones locked up at Kyoto Aquarium, anyway. Back in July, a Kyoto-based researcher, Oliver Jia, posted about the penguin shenanigans, saying the penguins are “known to be vicious animals who cheat on their partners and steal other’s…
A very Aussie word of the year
It’s that time again, when highlights of the year-that-was start to appear. Not that anyone really needs to be reminded about 2020 (or probably wants to remember!). It should be no surprise then, that the Aussie word of the year is covid related. Our word is… *drum roll* …ISO. In typical Aussie style we have…