30 Things To Do During Lockdown
30 things to do during lockdown
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Police Policy
This is a fine lockdown we are having at the moment. Whilst there seems to be less traffic on the road and less activity in the major centres, it is a far cry from the total lockdown that is needed to control the coronavirus here in Israel. What we have is an Israeli invention (the
A Corona In Israel Story
I have the Corona virus. At least I’m pretty sure I do. No need to worry. After 5 days of light symptoms, I’m 90% recovered. Between the Rosh Hashana long weekend and the backlog of testing appointments, I could only get tested yesterday, 5 days after my wife received a positive result and 4 days
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Democracy
One of the more interesting things about being in the U.S. at this time is the upcoming election day. No democratic system is perfect. If there was one, the politicians would ensure that it didn’t work. Australia, my birthplace, has a weird Westminster system that was inherited from the British where you vote for regional
The World According To Me
Those that know me, even a little bit, know that I always have an opinion and I’m not afraid to voice it. Even (or especially) if my opinion is counter to popular opinion or at least, the popular opinion of my tribe; The liberal, left-wing tribe. My fellow tribe members are abhorred when I say
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Quarantine Diary
Dear Diary, Since I have little else to do during self quarantine, I’m going to keep a record of my days. Maybe it’ll help me not go nuts. Or maybe I’m nuts already. Saturday. After being picked up at the airport by my friend, I arrived home to the roar of an empty house. At
Food, Glorious Food, Or Not
It’s about time I talked about one of my truest passions. Food. I work in food tourism [when I have work☹ ], I am a sort of chef [IMO not a particularly good one], have a lot of knowledge and thirst to learn more about the culinary world and if you see my rotund figure,
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A Pandemic Holiday
Over the past number of years, I’ve been fortunate enough to break the drudge of middle class routine with a variety of trips, some rather long, like 7 years on shvil yisrael and others, jaunts of varying length with friends, families and foes (or pho’s, in the case of 2 Vietnam trips.) I enjoy writing
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