Author Archive | Michele

World 6.5 million      USA 1.9 million        Brazil  580K+ I heard yesterday that my regular massage clinic is still in business, but is closed for renovations until later this month. Before the shutdown I used to get a deep tissue massage about once a month. My body has really missed it. In the meantime I managed […]

World 6.4 million      Russia 420K+             India   200K+ Demonstrations across the US continue to escalate. Some are peaceful gatherings, but others are violent, with people rioting, looting and setting fire to vehicles and buildings. This is the eighth day of demonstrations that have flared across the US. People carry placards with George Floyd’s dying plea; […]

World 6.3 million      Chile 100K+  Peru 170K+ A further lifting of restrictions came into effect in our state yesterday. Restaurants, clubs, cafes and hotels can reopen with up to 20 patrons, but social distancing is still required. Venues must have four square metres for each person. Drinks can only be served with sit down meals […]

World 6.2 million      Brazil 510K+             Russia 400K+ I decided not to play golf yesterday. My shoulder has been sore for about a week. I think I may have injured it getting my golf bag out of the car, but I’m not entirely sure how it happened. Since returning to golf, I’ve not been playing that […]

World 6.1 million      US 1.8 million                       Brazil 490K+ At the start of May there were 3.3 million cases of COVID-19 globally. Now over 6 million people have been infected with the virus. The number of infections has doubled in one month. In the US there were just over one million cases of coronavirus a month […]

World 6 million                     India   170K+             Iran 140K+     The National Cabinet met yesterday and has agreed to dump COAG and replace it with the National Cabinet on a permanent basis. I’m not sure if this is just semantics, but hopefully there will be less finger pointing between the states and federal government going forward. The […]

World 5.9 million      Brazil 430K+ Italy 230K+ Throughout the shutdown, certain stores and facilities have remained open, deemed as essential services. This included hairdressers. I still can’t get my hairy head around that one. Hairdressers themselves wanted to close and felt scared about being exposed to coronavirus. Beauty salons are only now starting to reopen, […]

World 5.7 million      Turkey 160K+                       Peru    130K+ Odd Rant Lump has accused Twitter of interfering in the forthcoming US Presidential election and ‘completely stifling free speech’ after it flagged some of his tweets with ‘fact-check’ warnings. His tweet said that ‘mail in ballots’ will lead to corruption and fraud. A spokesperson from Twitter said […]

World 5.6 million                  Brazil 390K+             UK 260K+ More and more services are opening up, not just here, but across the world. Here we have the virus somewhat under control, but opening up for business is still risky. In countries where the virus is rampant, it’s criminal and people will die. Here, in Australia […]