World 30.9 million Ukraine 170K+ Romania 110K+ I’m used to playing 18 holes of golf three times a week. With golf on hold, I’ve been going for daily walks, playing table tennis each day with Neil and doing occasional yoga, but it’s not the same level of activity. I’ve started a low carb, semi-fasting […]
Archive | Finey’s Blog
In this daily blog I explore our personal and collective responses to the transformation we are all experiencing as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. I began writing in mid-March 2020, but only decided in April to create this blog and post it to my website. I’m posting all of March as a single entry and will follow up with posts either daily, weekly or every few days as events unfold. Stay safe.
The Corona Crucible – Sat 19th September
World 30.6 million Peru 750K+ Colombia 750K+ You might recall back in March we had a quote for some double glazing. We paid a deposit, the windows were measured up and ordered and then we waited while they were manufactured, hoping that they wouldn’t go out of business in the meantime. Well, the good news […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 18th September
World 30.3 million Spain 620K+ France 410K+ It’s becoming more difficult to find things to do at home. I finished knitting a jumper this week and have started adding to a throw rug that I knitted a few years ago, using some of my leftover wool stash. If I do another 60 odd squares […]
The Corona Crucible – Thurs 17th September
World 30 million Iran 410K+ Iraq 300K+ There are a lot of Australians still overseas who want to return home. There is a cap of 4,000 people per week allowed back, but there are calls for more people to be allowed each week. Victoria has not been taking any arrivals since the hotel quarantine debacle […]
The Corona Crucible – Wed 16th September
World 29.7 million USA 6.7 million India 5 million Despite the fact that we are on track to get this virus under control, a few people are taking legal action against the state government about the lockdown, saying that it infringes on their human rights. Some people are very quick to be critical. I doubt […]
The Corona Crucible – Tues 15th September
World 29.4 million South Africa 650K+ Turkey 290K+ 34 countries have now recorded more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19. Romania and Panama are the latest to reach this grim milestone. By contrast some countries continue to manage this pandemic well include Vietnam with just over 1,000 cases, Iceland with just over 2,000 cases and Thailand […]
The Corona Crucible – Mon 14th September
World 29.1 million Spain 570K+ France 380K+ Some minor easing of restrictions takes effect today in Melbourne. Happily singles will be able to have one visitor in a social bubble. The extended isolation has been very tough for those who live alone. Although this is the toughest lockdown in the world, I personally feel that […]
The Corona Crucible – Sun 13th September
World 28.9 million Philippines 250K Indonesia 210K+ Apparently we can no longer rely on the accuracy of weather forecasts. Commercial aircraft track and record information about the temperature and wind at high altitudes. With most of the world’s planes grounded, atmospheric conditions are not being reported and so forecasters have much less data on […]
The Corona Crucible – Sat 12th September
World 28.6 million Peru 710K+ Chile 430K+ I did the grocery shopping the past two Saturdays. Neil did it today. We heard during the week that the new clean Woolworths Supermarket we used to go to before the 5k travel limit, has had a case of COVID-19. It was reported on the news about […]
The Corona Crucible – Fri 11th September
World 28.3 million India 4.5 million Brazil 4.2 million Before humans travelled into the unknown reaches of space we had to undertake years and years of research and planning. During the Second World War it took the best minds on the planet years to crack the Enigma code machine. In this pandemic we have had […]