It doesn’t feel like a Saturday. None of its characteristic features are present. No football coverage to look forward to. If not for the Saturday edition of the Herald it might be any day. Hibernation is the most recent buzzword to be pressed into service in the fight against COVID-19. Individuals and businesses are to hibernate. Enforced isolation awaits Aussies returning from overseas.
A 45 minute pup walk is the extent of my engagement with the outside world. Watching and listening to ABC TV and vacuuming occupy me inside. Waiting for Godot. I’m reading Bryan Magee’s Confessions of a Philosopher and pondering my next chapter foray into Mildred Muscio’s story. I think about whether a local music studio can suggest how I might get my alternative lyrics to ‘From a Distance’ recorded and released into cyberspace while its subject and ailing vibe is still topical.
The inevitable daily statistics announce 14 deaths in Australia and 3,640 confirmed cases, 212 of these reported today in NSW for a total of 1,617 cases.
Awesomely Astute 