some media have alternative purpose...

Final thing I'll say on this because I'm sure you're all sick of me

In 1989 The Sun tabloid failed Liverpool with its reporting on the Hillsborough tragedy

Liverpool didn't put up with it. To this day you can't buy The Sun there

There no reason we shouldn't do the same here

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) September 16, 2020

I gather a stash of old 'Herald Sun's. Just the right size as a tablecloth for my furball's food. The tablecloth is changed each day. Leftover food dumped on it, tablecloth screwed up + promptly dumped in the bin...Not sure if my furball finds time to read the headlines or not...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

from savage to calm...

My weird and odd and amazing tweet for tonight must be a contribution from Mother Nature. This basalt canyon in Iceland has an incredible story attached...a savage glacial river transformed to a calm and clear blue... https://t.co/zyGE1234Yu https://t.co/GfGVBbZIKq

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

manna...

Manna doesn't just feature in biblical stories. It exists today. Manna is the sap of an ash tree, 'Fraxinus angustifolia'. An amazing story of an ancient food, a sweetener, resurrected. Should we be researching overlooked, forgotten, neglected foods? To vary our food sources? https://t.co/nLSS5np0sq pic.twitter.com/f4huqji2h6

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

storybook house...

Love it! ❤️❤️❤️ It's like a storybook house...filled with many old stories waiting to be written 📚📚📚and waiting eagerly for more 📚📚📚... Inspiring!

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

The house is in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland...

Dunfermline is also famous for being the birthplace of philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie.

There is a balcony up top with views across Dunfermline. I'm sure I'll spend many hours there writing 😁

— 𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕨 ℍ𝕒𝕨𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 ❤️🌍 (@BeardedUniverse) September 16, 2020

spring of the leaf...

So we, in Australia, are currently in the 'spring of the leaf' season...So interesting that the spring season was originally connected with a leaf and not blossom...I guess leaves emerge in spring but their counterpart falls in autumn...Blossoms fall long before autumn... https://t.co/IzbUNb4OlC

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

the real Melbourne in pandemic mode...

Powerful - stepping behind media fanfare...'Because so much of what’s happening here – practically all of what’s happening here – is just quiet suffering and quiet relief, quiet dignity, and quietly getting on with things.
That’s the real story of life here at the moment.' https://t.co/yLuafDmB0H pic.twitter.com/HgUV9GoCQr

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

This is the most extraordinarily good analysis of normality during the pandemic.
Journalists should pay careful note.
We’ve all been sold the anger story in the news, and it was wrong on every level #auspol https://t.co/1zmgWPckO5

— David Henry (@grosvenorstreet) September 15, 2020

This resonates. Yes, it is shit for so many people, for so many reasons, but I look around at my 5km bubble & I see adherence not revolt. Have stopped engaging with most mainstream media outlets because while I have the time, I’ve no appetite for sensationalism https://t.co/whwwtyyILJ

— Fallon Mody (@fallonmody) September 16, 2020

Thank YOU! I live by the market and saw the ‘protesters’ last weekend - there two realities in Melbourne: the one you’ve described so well, & the one used to push a political agenda. A few frustrated & angry people looking for a fight is not a ‘movement’ - it’s a scuffle.

— Ian Laking (@IHLaking) September 16, 2020

Hooray for a journalist who knows it's tough in melb but 'genuinely remarkable' that 5 million of us are getting on with life, quietly drawing on whatever strength we can to cope. Murdoch press stoking indignant right wing nutjobs makes a hard time harder, and helps no one https://t.co/AMvZ86uqP7

— kirstenalex (@kirstenalex) September 15, 2020

Kinda feel like @DaveMilbo is the only writer genuinely reading the room in Melbourne... https://t.co/9ZCyR62qh5

— Andrew Trevillian (@Tres_Villain) September 15, 2020

*Incredibly* kind, thank you. I've definitely used the C word a bit too much, but otherwise that would be cool https://t.co/49lf08hld6

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) September 15, 2020

care is love in action...

Care is love in action... https://t.co/CvPhKtcKb7

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

creativity...

Creativity at its best... found objects...A tiny feather and some dried persimmon flowers.https://t.co/CqQM7Mz1P5 pic.twitter.com/q56MuWCCTo

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

surprise poetry...

Delightful surprise arrived at my door this afternoon. A friend sent me a most welcome, thoughtful gift. 2 beautifully presented books. (She told me that she wanted me to feel special.) I am still beaming. pic.twitter.com/ofI1vrqEz0

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

It seems fitting that the first poem (for today 16th September), in my 'A Poem for Every Night of the Year' is a prayer of thanks...Indeed, I am thankful for the 2 volumes of poetry I received today... pic.twitter.com/67N3woPJoW

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

my vibe and my light...

In many ways, my vibe IS my light...and my light IS my vibe... https://t.co/Ukpcwm4SiY

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 15, 2020

when the going gets tough...

Just spoke aloud to my laundry basket. (Told it to fuck off.)

How’s your Tuesday going?

— Maybe: Your mom (@CaseyKimberly) September 15, 2020

Actually, I feel rather bad now. It’s just doing its job. I better go apologize.

— Maybe: Your mom (@CaseyKimberly) September 15, 2020

Told me my socks don’t match.

What a jerk.

— Maybe: Your mom (@CaseyKimberly) September 15, 2020

spring-clean...

Ever since Stage 4 lockdown began in Melbourne, I have noticed that people must be having a spring-clean... Lots appearing kerbside... There was quite a gathering here late yesterday afternoon (piled on the table), but this morning, all that was left were a couple of items... pic.twitter.com/c8tKYkiq1F

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 15, 2020

welcome spring morning...

Rainbow lorikeet greets a spring morning in the Dromana Hills... pic.twitter.com/nbbiW57O1o

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 15, 2020