Tomorrow will be 312 days since covid put us in lockdown. It’s been about a year since the world started panicking. When it hit South Africa at the beginning of March last year, I rolled my eyes at the rumours that “this thing might be with us for many months”. It seemed ridiculous to even […]
Again, I have mixed emotions. (Which is very much in line with what I felt about most 2020-experiences.) My eldest turned 12 last week and was a Grade 6-er for the last time today. When formal education starts again in 2021 (and I seriously hope it’s a government typo that it’ll only happen by end […]
It’s been 196 days since Mother Nature (or China, or Bill Gates, or the World Dominators – depending on the media you’re following) put us in timeout. If you are a high-risk individual (whether physical or mental healthwise), or if you’re in the travel industry, or if you’re a parent of young kids, this number […]
We’ve reached Level 2. It has a strange ring to it. It very much sounds like an accomplishment, like being deemed worthy to move on to a more difficult challenge. However, it’s a covid-countdown and we’re actually moving backwards. Since the start of lockdown, our government school kids have, unexpectedly, been sent home for the […]