Month: July 2020

Every Day Life

Christmas in July

The days under our Covod-19 lockdown seem to just run together. Sometimes, I can’t remember exactly which day of the week it currently is, but yesterday I did notice that it was Saturday, 25 July, the midway date between last Christmas and next Christmas. We had seen a recipe for mulled wine (spiced wine or […]

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Masks, The New Phase of Our Covid Lockdown

We have had around four hundred new cases of the Corona Virus in Victoria each day this week. This compares with the two or three new cases that we were having each day just a couple of months ago.  As a result, not only are we, in Melbourne, back to being locked down at home […]

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In Melbourne, We Have Reset the Lockdown Clock to Zero

The reality for us Melbournians is that while we are frustrated or angry, we have gone back into a tight lockdown for another six weeks because the number of corona virus cases is growing out of control in this state. These are a direct result of the government stuff-ups that I described in my previous […]

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Our Lockdown Update – It’s Getting Worse!

Our Covid-19 restrictions continue. While we were on the eve of moving on to Stage 1 restrictions, we have been stuck in Stage 2 with some concern that we may also be further restricted. People living in some specific Melbourne postcodes have been pushed back to Stage 3 conditions.  The numbers of new cases being […]

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