Author Archive | Michele

World 7.8 million      Russia 520K+                        India 320K+ Health authorities and politicians are urging people not to attend Black Lives Matters demonstrations to avoid the spread of COVID-19.  While this is understandable, the outrage triggered by the murder of George Floyd in the US has united the global community over systemic racism that is fuelling positive […]

World 7.7 million      USA 2.1 million        New York 400K+ Molly is still not her normal bouncy self. Initially, we were thinking that she might have injured her back, but she isn’t reacting in pain if we touch her anywhere. She isn’t chasing after her ball and when we try to pick her up, she’s […]

World 7.5 million      Brazil  800K+             Russia 500K+ The much awaited restart to the AFL season kicked off last night with Collingwood v Richmond at the MCG. It was interesting to watch with the addition of crowd noise that Channel 7 have dubbed into the broadcast to make it more like the real spectacle. […]

World 7.4 million      Iran 170K+                 Turkey 170K+ On Monday I came down with a rotten head cold. I think I got a chill from playing golf in the drizzle on Sunday. After a sleepless night with my nose running like a leaky tap, I thought it best to get a COVID test, so on […]

World 7.3 million      Brazil 740K+             Peru 200K+ Vaccine developers in Australia say that funding for research follows a ‘panic and neglect’ cycle. It’s typical of what my wise Pisces grandfather, George Finey, used to call, ‘pocket thinking’; the short term, do as little as possible, spend as little as possible, patch up the problem, ignore […]

World 7.1 million      Russia 475K+                        India 260K+ All school classes resumed today in Victoria and so has the traffic nightmare around our local primary school. Parents park illegally and stay for longer than they are meant to stop in the drop off zone. Sometimes cars queue around the roundabout, blocking through traffic just so they […]

World 7 million                                 USA 2 million World fatalities 400K+                     USA fatalities 110K+ World active cases 3.2 million        USA active cases 1.1 million Across the globe, the rate of new coronavirus cases is now increasing by well over 100,000 each day. Infections are rising dramatically in Brazil and the US. Likewise in India, Russia, Mexico, Chile, […]

World 6.9 million      Brazil 670K+             Peru 190K+    Meanwhile in the Divided States of America… Shouting, rioting, protesting, looting, confronting, demonstrating, yelling, shooting. Fighting, bashing, torching, pleading, burning, crying, screaming, grieving. Swerving, dodging, marching, speaking, recording, filming, dying, fleeing. Blaming, accusing, ignoring, raging, chanting, protesting, resisting, praying. Black Lives Matter protests went ahead yesterday in […]

World 6.8 million      Brazil 640K                UK 280K+ The mornings are getting cold now, but the sun was shining again yesterday which made it feel a lot warmer on the golf course. Monday is a public holiday, so a few people are taking advantage of the relaxed travel arrangements and heading out of the city for […]

World 6.6 million                  India 220K+                           Mexico 100K+ Mexico is the latest country to record more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19. There are now 14 countries that have reached this grim statistic. USA, Brazil, Russia, Spain, UK, Italy, India, Germany, Peru. Turkey, Iran, France, Chile and now Mexico. Poor nations in particular are being […]