Author Archive | Michele

World 34.4 million    India 6.3 million       Brazil 4.8 million There are probably vastly more infections of COVID-19 and fatalities than are being reported worldwide.  This is due to many factors, including the fact that not everyone has access to a COVID-19 test, especially those in poor countries and remote regions. Virus fragments have been found […]

World 34.1 million    Spain 770K+  France 560K+ One month ago there were 26 million cases of coronavirus, seven million of them active, and over 850,000 fatalities. One month on and this virus continues to spread around the globe with now 34 million cases, almost eight million of them active and more than one million […]

World 33.8 million    Saudi Arabia 330K+             Pakistan 310K+ The weather is warming up, but it’s humid and drizzly. We’re expecting a good dump of rain at the weekend with wind and a cool change. The weather bureau has issued an official La Nina forecast. I remember the last one in 2011-13. There were floods […]

World 33.5 million    Israel 230K+  Canada 150K+           The Federal Government cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker come into effect as from now. This will make it especially tough for those who are unemployed. The economic recovery will be slower too. If people don’t have money to spend then they can’t spend it. We’re personally doing okay. […]

World 33.3 million    India 6 million          Brazil 4.7 million Today the world reached a grim milestone, with over one million deaths worldwide. Large numbers of new infections are being reported in Europe. This week the Netherlands was the latest country to reached over 100,000 infections of COVID-19. In France daily numbers are in the order […]

World 33 million       Colombia 800K+       Peru 800K+ Everyone has been eagerly anticipating Daniel Andrews’ appearance today to announce the next step in our road map out of COVID lockdown. Public gatherings of up to five people from a maximum of two households allowed outdoors (infants under 12 months are not included in that number)Childcare […]

World 32.6 million    Argentina 670K+      South Africa 670K+  The Health Minister Jenny Mikakos faced the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry on Thursday andDaniel Andrews gave his evidence yesterday. Minster Mikakos said she was not part of the decision to use private security and did not know who made the decision. The many issues that emerged at […]

World 32.3 million    Spain 700K+  France 500K+ The 2020 AFL season has concluded and now on to the finals.  It’s been good that they have managed to run the competition despite all the issues with COVID. The finals will start on 1 October. Go Tigers! I didn’t win the footy tipping competition, but I ended […]

World 32 million       India 5.7 million       Brazil 4.6 million While the new windows are being installed it’s been a good opportunity to focus on some artwork. I made some gift cards and I’m trying my hand at a portrait. The knitting is also progressing. I’ve done about 25 squares in the past couple of weeks. […]

World 31.7 million    Russia 1.1 million     China 85K+   Our house faces west and in summer the living room gets very hot, though in winter it’s really cold. Our bedroom is east, but the windows there face south, so it gets very cold in winter. With heating and cooling bills getting higher and higher, we thought […]