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Well, some things have improved – bladder, lungs, heart. Some things not – constant pain in chest (ribs, muscles, nerves). But what\’s that old saying – \”Better than the alternative…\”?

When will the combination of prescribed burning, forestry and farming see the extinction of half the native terrestrial flora and fauna species in Australia? Twenty years? And when will it see total extinction?

I can remember some sights and sounds going back almost 75 years. Not possible to remember tastes, smells, touch. Or is that just me?

Broken

As I approached my 80th birthday last month I thought I was about to join an exclusive but welcoming club. We 90th decade people would think deep thoughts, have coffee club mornings, publish unpublished manuscripts, go for forest walks, attend art gallery openings, and so on. Paradise. Instead my 80th birthday launched me over a

Free, free as bird

In a different and worse Canberra hospital, to work with my Cardiologist and reduce massive fluid load in lungs and heart. Hard work. Now seven weeksin hospital. Page proofs of new memoir due next week will cheer me up. Excuse typing – in bed with dripline atttached…

Heart Hospital

To all my WordPress friends 🤶🏻 Oh, and a Merry New Year…🎅🏻