Sunday 26 April 2020
1620...
This also happened to be the date when the 'Mayflower' sailed from Plymouth, England...Almost prophetic?...both the stone itself + comment?... (even though the decade beginning does not really roll in till '21). In 1620, the Separatists (believed the Church of England had not completed the work of the Reformation) demanded full separation from the Church. https://t.co/t0DWdrF8b2— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 26, 2020
So 17th century life was being overturned in 1620?
NOTE:
1. James Wright posted this image and comment on December 31, 2019.
2. This same gravestone was making waves in 2016 The Jeremy Vine
3. The gravestone, it appears, is actually part of the Fowler family graves at Southwell.
A collection of 17th and early 18th century headstones at Southwell:
Easter Fowler the mother of these children died March ye 19th 1711
Geo Fowler the father of these children died Jan 27th 1706
Geo Sep 5th 1700
WTF 1620
a nest, a favourable wind and a tryst...
Paul Bond's 'A Favourable Wind'
new beginnings
inspired shared journeys have
new wings to fly
Paul Bond's 'The Tryst'
a special hunger in winter...
This is one kind of freedom I never tire of feeling when I walk by the sea...Winter walks there are especially exhilarating...There is a special kind of hunger that drives me out for a winter walk... https://t.co/dtorGqVMgv— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 26, 2020
Sunday night...
A beautiful article on the Morpeth community in NSW by Tim Mallon...Sunday night, my Sunday night, is also called 'stress' - the result of weekend procrastination. I have favoured— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 26, 2020
creativity to attacking a pile of lesson preparation...Yes, my Monday's suitcase is brimming and the locks refuse to lock... https://t.co/rZHQXeFIyS
A special place called Morpeth - May 2, 2017, 'The Maitland Mercury'
'And there’s an earthy, easy, solid feeling that’s part of Morpeth. There’s sandstone and stories and people walking hand in hand. There’s things that are beautiful and nice that aren’t really trying too hard to be beautiful and nice - they just kinda are, and that’s right.'
Shelley and quarantine...
More details about Mary Shelley and her husband's heart onThis would have to be the most bizarre outcome of quarantine rulings. It is said that wife Mary wrapped the heart in a silken shroud and carried it with her. When found in her desk, it was wrapped in the pages of one of his last poems, 'Adonais'. https://t.co/gUKThNsWii— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 26, 2020
Mental Floss - Mary Shelley's Favourite Keepsake
1919 Spanish flu, quarantine + Point Nepean...
Aerial view of the Point Nepean Quarantine station on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1919.
12 temporary wooden bunkhouses (shown above, bottom left) were erected at the site, to cater for passengers, many of them soldiers returning from WWI, who showed symptoms.
At the peak of the pandemic, several thousand people were interred at the station.
Around the turn of the century, a modern disinfecting station, had been built.
The disinfecting equipment was state of the art,
and consisted of a large scale ‘oven’ and rail delivery system.
Patients would be sent to the disinfecting area on first arrival,
discard their clothes and luggage, which would then be run through the oven and heated,
to destroy bacteria.
These improvements were the last undertaken by the state government;
in October 1901, Australia’s new Federal government would assume control of the facility.
Source: The Museum of Lost Things
I took the following photos in January 2012...
The photos below I took in September 2013
slowly, slowly...
PASSING THOUGHT - While it may be OK for Q'ld to lift some #covid19australia restrictions, I am not sure we should be too hasty in applying the same decision to southern states. The flu season is looming. We live in the 'cold' Australia in winter. Keep winning. Slowly, slowly...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 26, 2020
beyond mere trash cans...
It even seems that these are not spare trash cans, but the ones still scheduled for use. That means he is multi-purposing them, so that they don't stand around idle all week. Very clever. https://t.co/66egP1Crrn— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 26, 2020
Tomas Kopera...
Tomasz Kopera (b.1976) is a Polish visionary artist who now lives and works in Ireland.
'Human nature and the mysteries of the Universe are his inspiration. His paintings permeate with symbols that often relate to human psyche and man’s relation with the surrounding world.'
This particular painting intrigues me...
It suggests that
there is, in life, always a spring and an autumn
a downturn and an upturn
a yin and a yang
both need each other
to grow
as one
Gandhi...
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.
As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.
We need not wait to see what others do.
You must not lose faith in humanity.
Humanity is like an ocean;
if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
kindness marches on...
Giving all they can to show appreciation...This must be the ultimate gift...Feels good to know that kindness progresses undaunted in these tough times...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) April 25, 2020
Melbourne Timbuktu cafe owner receives pensioner’s government coronavirus payment https://t.co/tX3TvI4oYD
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