May 17, 2022 | COVID-19, Cruising, Life on SV Nichola, Sailing, When life hands you lemons
Are you talking about ‘BC’? Have you noticed that people are beginning to drop ‘BC’ into conversations these days? The BC that they are referring to is Before Covid and definitely not the BC we learned about at school. At the beginning of 2020,...
Jul 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Cruising, Road Trip, Self Care, When life hands you lemons
Despite COVID-19, the time since the pandemic hit us has been an amazing one for me. As I reflect on how fortunate I have been, I find myself feeling guilty because my year has been so much better than others in the world. The year 2020 began with us circumnavigating...
Feb 15, 2021 | Communicating, COVID-19, Self Care, When life hands you lemons
Yesterday I flew from Hobart to Flinders Island. Until then, the only time I wore a mask was on the few occasions that I used a sanding machine. One of the signs around Tasmanian airports Everyone in the Hobart airport terminal is wearing a face mask. This is unusual...
Aug 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Girl Talk, Learning by doing, Self Care, When life hands you lemons
Being bombarded continually on the news and in social media by the COVID-19 situation has become tedious indeed. The situation in Victoria and Melbourne in particular, with people flaunting the restrictions and behaving in ways that put ‘us’ at risk, has...
Jun 1, 2020 | Girl Talk, Learning by doing, Pottery, When life hands you lemons, Working with clay
The expensive pottery classes I had paid for my husband to do as occupational therapy were an unmitigated failure. Instead of being relaxing, his inability to coordinate his hands since the brain tumour made him frustrated and angry. A quiet word with the teacher...
Apr 15, 2020 | Communicating, COVID-19, Tasmania, When life hands you lemons
Reality check As the COVID-19 Lockdown gains momentum around the world, I am sure that many people in Tasmania are feeling as I am feeling. I felt we would be safe here in our island state. It seemed reasonable to think we would be able to escape what was happening...
