DINNER TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD

These are strange days, of course. We ate our dinner in front of the TV the other night. I could count on one hand the number of times I’ve done that in my life. The next night the big hand was still on the five when we sat down to dinner. Sunset is about 5.15pm …

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SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP

Amid all the frustrations of our Sydney lockdown Robinson has found something positive. Typical. She really likes the rule that only one person from each household is allowed to go shopping. I still have to go along, obviously, to carry everything home. I’m not useless. We’re allowed to exercise together so me tagging along is …

CLEAN BUT NOT GREEN

There were people in full HAZCHEM overalls and gas masks in our neighbour’s back yard this morning. I watched in my dressing gown, baffled. I was either looking at a crime scene or I’d missed the new gardening restrictions Gladys had imposed on us all. She loves a lockout and a lockdown and is capable …