Tag: lockdown
COVID Diary: We’re lost in Music
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How the guitar, songwriting, and music production helped me through the COVID pandemic. Looking back, March 2020 was a crazy month. Leaving the office to work from home, the lockdown, and an end to gigs for the foreseeable future. But it was also a really productive time for me, a time of renewal. I’d got…
COVID Diary: Throwing in the Towel.
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The second wave of COVID isn’t even close to peaking yet, so why does it appear we’ve given up already? As I waited at the busy crossroads today I was stopped in my tracks by an old man in a running suit and facemask, cutting across the centre of the 4-way traffic light system, oblivious…
COVID Diary: Here comes the Rain
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As Autumn kicks in and we approach the flu season, are we prepared for what lies ahead? We’ve been blessed with a glorious spring and summer, COVID or no COVID, but today the heavens opened for what seems like the first time in months. Sure, it’s only a spot of rain, but it got me…
COVID Diary: Chasing Shadows in an Empty Playground
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One of the obvious headlines throughout the COVID pandemic has been ‘Get our Children back to school’. But now they are back, what are the less obvious effects? It’s been a tough time for parents. Pretty much a six-month-long summer holiday slog, homeschooling, and to cap it off, travel restrictions stopping any means of escape…
COVID Diary: Working from Home.
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It’s been almost 6 months since I started working from home. 180 Days and nearly all of them have been the same. I’ve worked from home before, It was great, but that was before I had the daily routine of children. I could switch it up, go for a bike ride, do some music, all…
Covid Diary: Just wear a mask
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Just like Brexit many moons ago, we’ve been bombarded with information, disinformation, and contradicting beliefs. Somewhere in the middle, there’s a truth to all this, but does it matter who’s right? We could argue till we’re blue in the face. Some just don’t believe we need restrictions or lockdowns. It’s just another type of flu,…
COVID Diary 17/09/2020
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It’s been almost 6 months since the start of the lockdown. I’ve mostly stayed away from the topic so far, but as we’re finally getting back to some sort of normal I thought now was a good time to take stock. This was initially going to be one huge article, but it was tedious, It’s…