Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir...

Love this...
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Scrub Choir performs 'I’ll Stand By You' - Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders with other health care workers who are fighting the coronavirus ... https://t.co/149Ekac2hT via @YouTube

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 10, 2020

emergency poet...

The world needs all kinds of healthcare... Not all is found in a doctor's surgery, hospital or even with a psychologist... It could be as simple as reaching out for a little poetry relief... https://t.co/Ep78BfI6od

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 10, 2020

worse than Stage 4 lockdown...

Sometimes the best way to sidestep the deep chasm of
self-pity is find someone else facing a bigger crisis. Wildfires across the west coast of USA + covid-19 challenges...Very sobering for those of us in Melbourne Stage 4 lockdown...There is worse right now... https://t.co/sswUxd5ZMZ

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 10, 2020

- Wildfires are raging across the entire West Coast of the US from Washington State to Southern California 

- Multiple deaths have been reported 

- The Bear Fire has destroyed structures in Oroville, California and evacuation warnings have been put in place for Paradise, California, which burned in 2018's Camp Fire 

- Communities near Medford, Oregon have burned down 

- Mass evacuations have been ordered across California and southwestern Oregon

The sky over Oakland keeps getting darker and more orange. My phone kept color correcting the actual hue so I busted out my real camera @sfchronicle pic.twitter.com/ENv4WSOhUy

— Jessica Christian (@jachristian) September 9, 2020

Imagine showing this tweet to yourself a year ago and explaining "oh no, the masks aren't because the sky is orange, that's for a different thing." https://t.co/nnqoOBk3uM

— Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) September 9, 2020

 

The Embarcadero is the eastern waterfront and roadway of the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay.

Seeing these images from the west coast today, I knew they looked oddly familiar...and now I remember from what: Blade Runner 2049.

I guess we're 29 years early. pic.twitter.com/K9y8dwePVV

— Myrha Cheval @🏡 (@MyrhaCheval) September 9, 2020

Looking out at the Golden Gate Bridge at 9:30am this morning. pic.twitter.com/woTxHvyc7o

— The octopus said… (@Pulpolover) September 10, 2020

Amazing images, on SBS news tonight, of wildfires on the west coast of USA. But 2 particularly spoke to me...guides for moving forward...
1. smoky rubble and trees...begin with trees...air quality...life...
2. smoky sign for a children's playground... think of the children...life pic.twitter.com/DXyo62egXI

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 10, 2020

uninvited memories...

Love the idea of 'the universe in the palm of your hand'...Needed that thought...Today some uninvited, dark, hurtful memories bubbled up...e.g. going home from a ball in an early morning paper delivery ute - my drunk partner had forgotten about me...Years ago...Moving on... https://t.co/6MGlqpcime

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 10, 2020

Strange that on some days, the painful memories rise up for no real reason...More frequently these days...Maybe it's this Stage 4 Lockdown inciting them...The mood, the isolation, the loneness...That drunk partner was actually my first husband...Not the first, nor the last, time he chose to wander when we went out...Most times it was toward other women...He was a model flirt and then some...And I was a wimp putting up with it...I thought I loved him...In retrospective wisdom, blind love is not really love at all... 

Twisted Gypsy - book fantasy...

I have been indulging in a little Google digging, and found that Twisted Gypsy, (the artist below) is Tracy Lundgren from Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
'I love creating fantasy worlds through photographs I take while travelling...'https://t.co/PziarrJMf6 https://t.co/N8bRWSABKw

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 9, 2020

children care for Mum in lockdown...

Look guys it’s okay here in Melb. Last night my youngest child actually TUCKED ME INTO BED AND SAID “it’s ok mum this will end watch a show on the laptop” #COVID19Vic

— PatriciaKarvelas (@PatsKarvelas) September 8, 2020

My 3yo was nuts yesterday, when I told him I was only sad because I was tired & needed sleep he told me it would be alright & that I just needed to take a teddy to bed. This morning I thanked him for letting me sleep all night & he said "I couldn't have done it without you" ❤

— Nicole loves lockdown. (@paperdoll_parts) September 9, 2020

I dropped my salad sandwich at lunch today, after a very trying morning, and my 5 year old ran to the kitchen to attempt another for me 💜

— YuwarraFeatures (@YuwarraF) September 9, 2020

Bilbo Baggins in Australia...???

Can't stop smiling...My first thought was... Bilbo Baggins visits Australia...and gets to grow a beard... Terrific photo... https://t.co/53SrWsa5IR

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 9, 2020

after lockdown thoughts...

Hello Melbourne friends. Tell me the things you’re gonna do when lockdown is over!

— Imo (@imogenrq) September 9, 2020

I would like to wander around a shopping centre and buy stuff I don’t need.

— Imo (@imogenrq) September 9, 2020

I’m gonna hug my friends for approximately 10 hours. I’m gonna go to the zoo, I am worried the animals are lonely! Gonna walk around the city and complain about trams. Buy coffee from every cafe I see.

— Imo (@imogenrq) September 9, 2020

Big bowl of pasta and a glass of red at a counter somewhere. Pub with friends. Go see my partner’s family. Take a trip to regional Vic. Sit in a park and read.

— Angus (@MrGusDuncan) September 9, 2020

I'm gonna attend so much live sport that I might have to get an air bnb in the city overnight just to make the back to back days easier.

— Socelyn Jeip (@JoeCordy23) September 9, 2020

And go write in my favourite café! I miss it so much! I used to go there like twice a week. I miss the staff and the other regulars and my spot by the window 😪

— Kaitlyn "wear a mask" Blythe (@BlytheByName) September 9, 2020

When covid is over-over? Gonna go to a dog park and lie down on the grass and disappear under a pile of wiggling slobbery fur

— Kaitlyn "wear a mask" Blythe (@BlytheByName) September 9, 2020

Not strictly a Melburnian, but as soon as I can, I'm going to drive past this sign and cry the best tears. pic.twitter.com/eYZhIRaMsm

— Ryan (@ExiledVictorian) September 9, 2020

we Melburnians according to Anna...

A wonderful, sparky, spikey, snarky article from Anna... That conglomeration of incoherent rumblings we Melburnians feel cavorting around inside us has been beautifully represented in her article...Go Anna...🙏❤️😃❤️😃🙏 https://t.co/kzR7lJRz7c pic.twitter.com/HzL2lQVAxN

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 9, 2020

movie titles for my day...

Movie titles representing my moods + view of Melbourne today:

'The Matrix'
'A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood'
'Billy Elliot'
'Stargate' - 'Enigma'
'True Grit'
'Remember the Titans'
'Beyond Silence'
'Anne Frank's Diary'
'The Notebook'
'Groundhog Day' pic.twitter.com/5eyBq0BocU

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 8, 2020

NOTE: I meant to number them...from 10-1...10 represented where I started, through strengthening perspectives to 1 - representing my final, top thought...