The sun was just beginning to rise, and clouds loomed over the city of Los Angeles, I put on a highly rated mask for the rest of my trip. It was not comfortable. The plane landed in LAX I got off and went through customs without a hitch. I'd rested during the long 12.5 hour … Continue reading The Last Leg Home
Leaving Fortress Australia
It will be Friday for two days as I fly into the past. What a rigamarole I went through to board the plane. First before anything I had to show my covid free test result paper. "Why does it say, the 26th and the 27th?" The polite masked gate keeper asked. “I was tested on … Continue reading Leaving Fortress Australia
Getting a Covid Test to travel to the USA
At 12:30 I said we needed to get going to get my Covid test before traveling. I had called Delta in Sydney earlier and they told me all I needed was a negative result on my phone within 3 days of travel. It was now two days before my international flight. I asked at my … Continue reading Getting a Covid Test to travel to the USA
Covid International Travel?
Feeling safe in Fortress Australia, on the train in Melbourne Next week I take the scary steps onto a plane to fly back to the USA. I’ve been in Fortress Australia for 15 months. Covid here is controlled by borders closed, and everyone wearing masks so there are zero community contact cases. No Australian is allowed to … Continue reading Covid International Travel?
North Queensland Camping – before Delta
As soon as Covid was under control in Queensland. I mean really under control, no community transmission, people living in Queensland were encouraged to be tourists in their home state. I got plane reservations on Jet Star and reserved a camper van through Cruisin Motor Homes in Cairns. I did not get insurance, since we … Continue reading North Queensland Camping – before Delta
Bats and Sugar Gliders
One quarter of the mammals in Australia are microbats They are rarely seen. Small creatures about the size of one's thumb fly about in the night sky eating insects and not bothering people. Many of them roust in tree hollows which humans often cut down, not wanting a hollowed tree to fall on their heads. … Continue reading Bats and Sugar Gliders
Trad
I’m a gardener, and I love plants and houseplants, but not all are good. Any plant growing in the wrong place is a weed. Some plants are worse than weeds, invaders displace and kill all others. Some invasives are worse than others and need to be outlawed in places where their escape leads to the … Continue reading Trad
Listening to Old Logs
I sit on old logs slowly becoming soul to nourish future generations. "Don’t grieve for us we will be here long after your passing, "they say to me "The dinosaurs were here They transformed into birds and flew away" "What will become of me and my children? " I asked clinging towards a future unknown. … Continue reading Listening to Old Logs
The Red Cedar Speaks
“Talk to me,“ Kathy asked the Cedar Tree I didn’t hear the answer right then. I was too engrossed in the visual presence of that majestic being. Her trunk surrounded by close neighbors of a variety of species caused her to reach straight up into the sky. Way up at the top I could see … Continue reading The Red Cedar Speaks
Eating Fried Eggs in Australia
I don’t know why I care, but I think it’s embarrassing. I don’t know how to eat. I’m confused when I face my fried eggs and toast in the morning. Should I hold my toast in my left hand and my fork my right cutting the egg with the edge of my fork and … Continue reading Eating Fried Eggs in Australia
Visions from Two Continents. 