Kindly Yours

  Round and round on an ever spinning wheel? A long weekend in Australia can mean different things to different people.  It can be an opportunity to do something away from routine. It can also be an option to enjoy a cooler or warmer clime.  Hobbyists prefer to utilise the freed up time to further indulge in their passions. Leaders of organisations can use the occasion to framework new ideas, strategies or paths.  Small businesses may take a break or get more busy. Catching up, taking a sabbatical or getting in touch more with our inner selves.  The shorter daylight hours in the southern Hemisphere can mean spending more time by an outdoor fire. Eating out can be combined with dressing up.  We tend to somehow let go of being too aware of time or schedules - and heal our selves with not being tied too much to the clock. Social restrictions are but a memory from the Covid tainted years of 2020 and 2021.  However, the value of any personality, who enjoys downtime, with crowds, someone

  Round and round on an ever spinning wheel? On the eve of a long weekend, traffic sprawls and airport queues occur.  Double or triple demerits are imposed on vehicle drivers.  Bowser petrol prices spike. No one in authority can do anything about it. Trees seasonaly lose their leaves when they are deciduous. Flora slow down in growth as the Earth embraces longer hours of night.  Yet the winds blow and temperatures plummet off whack in timing - but they are all part and parcel of the power of Nature. What is on offer as food continue to be more processed and artificialised.   Produce not so tainted with chemicals, hormones and additives are harder to source.   Fresh produce are increasingly made available in predetermined sizes and shapes.  Nutrients as body and health friendly are deemphasised in the rush for convenience and commercial profits. Society is portrayed by media as divisive, aggressive and negatively competitive. Compliance and regulation can be out runned by powerful