As the weeks of lockdown are turning into months, we’re beginning to get used to this new normal of life with its limitations and restrictions. As we find new ways of working from home, and staying in touch with friends and family, we’re starting to adjust to the new reality we’re living in. We’re finding new ways to connect. And perhaps we’re also …
Cactus Garden (or kindness in the time of Coronavirus)
It all started last weekend. I was out on my nature strip digging up clumps of mangy grass and weeds, and sticking in cuttings of geraniums and succulents and agapanthus. A friend drove by and leaned out the window and asked ‘What do you call this?!’ Cheeky bugger! ‘It’s an exercise in optimism’ I told him. And it turns out my optimism …