Here’s a wonderful post from my friend Anne Lawson, about the strange times we live in. Anne is an artist so have a look at the work on her blog, too!
Melbourne has been in Stage 4 lockdown for a few weeks now. Exercise once a day for a maximum of an hour; shopping for essentials once a day and only one person; only within a 5 km radius. And a curfew from 8:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning. Businesses have been severely curtailed, with only essential work to be carried out and workers needing a permit to show they are essential.
Mask-wearing has been mandatory for about a month, and most people are complying.
Our borders with NSW and South Australia are closed.
Fortunately these very strict measures seem to be bringing the numbers down, although our elderly in residential care have had a very tragic time. You might like to read my last post about our Elders.
And me? Thank you for asking! I feel that I have been doing this for ever, and indeed it has…
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Letters from Athens 
Posts like these generated by the pandemic lockdown will be a fascinating resource for historians of the future. Let’s hope they learn something from them and don’t continue to make the same mistakes.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We all need to treat this virus with respect, and comply with the necessary measures
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thanks for linking us to her page, i’m now following
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Thanks for reblogging this – it was a fascinating post.
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Thanks for the reblog. It is such a strange time and one of the ways I cope is by trying to understand my reactions to what is happening around me.
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I know…
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Thanks for sharing
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