By Monday 3rd January (2022) my sister and I were on a roll with this self-care idea. Forgoing breakfast for the time being, I rolled out my exercise mat and lay it out on the living room floor for her, then I asked the home assistant device to find us some meditation music, got down … Continue reading Sisterly Self-Care
Stuff
Miscellaneous Observations on life, love, family, retirement, Australian politics, philosophical musings, and all that other stuff you shove in a cupboard because you don’t know where else to put it.
Travelling in Lockdown
We got our quarterly statement for New South Wales road tolls today, covering the timespan 1st July - 30 September. We were plunged into COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday, June 26. Here's our holiday snaps of all the places we have seen since then: That's right folks. We been nowhere. On the upside, our fuel bill … Continue reading Travelling in Lockdown
Looking to History for Reassurance
Way back at the beginning of 2020 a friend lent me a copy of The first fifty years : a history of nursing at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney from 1882 to 1932. When it came time to return the book, COVID-19 was being referred to as CoronaVirus and it was something that was … Continue reading Looking to History for Reassurance
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 