I’m getting quite frustrated at the portrayal in the media of “facts” by academics that are only half the story. I guess because we’ve had a series of catastrophes it’s been happening more and more often over the last 16 months. Academic experts are often called upon to give their knowledge in support of a…
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At the movies: “2020” (a review)
For over 25 years, film critics David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz presented At The Movies, discussing films opening in theatres that week. This week they were asked to critique the world’s least-loved year… for your amusement, here’s a review of 2020. I think 2020 is totally deserved of a rotten tomato. What do you think?
A story to warm the coldest heart
I saw this story on twitter this week, and at the end of a covid year I thought it needed to be shared. As Kelly Victoria (@saidthefox) said when she posted it (not expecting it to go viral): I think everyone could use a lighthearted/happy story right now. At the beginning of the pandemic I…
I dream of…
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. One thing you dream of doing.I’m sure everyone here knows that I dream about being a published author, but there’s something else I dream of probably more often than my author goal. Quite possibly because if I was able to fulfil…
To be shot…
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…