After nearly a year of disrupted schooling and intermittent social interaction, our children are suffering. A lot of their parents are struggling too. The current lockdown is making the first one feel like a summer holiday in comparison. 1st Lockdown When the schools first closed in March 2020, the sun was out and it felt […]
Lockdown
Back to Life, Back to Reality
If you’re humming Soul II Soul right now, you’re welcome. You’re probably one of my people 🙂 My friend Jo made me laugh by calling it a Dad thing to randomly break into song when certain words were uttered within earshot – I do it too. All the time. Sorry, not sorry. I spent bits […]
The Meaning of Life
…is 42. So says Deep Thought in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I think Douglas Adams had a point though, because what I observed in my year as a 42 year old will stay with me for the rest of my life. The back end of 2019 had plenty of WTF moments, but the […]
The Mid Year Review
I don’t think anybody would disagree that 2020 has been a pretty weird year thus far. We had the catastrophic bushfires in Australia, locusts in Africa, global pandemic and probably the biggest surge in consciousness around racism since the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Much of it has happened against a backdrop of lockdown, […]
Captain’s Log – Week 14 – Mission Report
The week the school pulled a blinder and invited Tilly back. It’s three days a week for a month. She might get twelve days, which is a huge gift for both of us. Can you tell how excited she is? It’s not a great photo, but we got there early and I said “oh look, […]
Captain’s Log – Week 13 – Mission Report
This week has featured a rollercoaster or two. Tilly had no sooner been offered a place back at school than the building was flooded and the damage is so bad they’ve had to close until “industrial” works can be carried out. The weird thing is that until the opportunity presented itself, I had no thoughts […]
Captain’s Log – Week 12 – Mission Report
Have we reached the half way point, I wonder? This week we had the news that the government had finally listened and accepted that it was logistically impossible for all primary kids to get back to school with social distancing etc. So, we’re probably looking at September, but even that may be part time. I […]
Captain’s Log – Week 11 – Mission Report
We knew it had to happen eventually, but it still came as a shock to the system when shorts weather disappeared after 10 nearly unbroken weeks. The wind gave us an added dimension of concern due to our lovely gazebo. In trying to take it down earlier in the week, my vertically challenged assistant got […]