we need a great speech...

I'm breaking my political rule AGAIN...This thread's brilliant...
Great speeches bring hope.
They provide a light for others to walk towards.
Powerful words spoken at the right time, by the right person can change a nation’s thinking.
Australia needs that great speech RIGHT NOW🙏 https://t.co/elJaMwyAye

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 14, 2021

Perhaps Penny Wong @SenatorWong may step up and make that great speech we Australians need...so desperately...(even if we don't realise we need it)...
A speech from Penny would reach us...
we would listen quietly...
we would feel grateful...
we would remember...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 14, 2021

Penny @SenatorWong
... Already many are supporting my thought...in minutes...even if you post your rallying speech to us as a video on your timeline, that would help...
Of course, filmed in parliament house would be best...
PLEASE on behalf of all Australians...
We need you...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 14, 2021

To reach those who want more than 'words', @SenatorWong, perhaps propose a federal plan for quarantine...a grounded plan easily established by all states...Such a plan would diminish state divisiveness, bring us together...@DanielAndrewsMP

PLEASE give us hope...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 14, 2021

labels match the model (PM)...

Seldom, if ever, do I retweet a politically-laden post. (Even if quietly I agree or support it).
But this one is different.
As a 'long-haul' citizen who has seen all these particular national leaders in action, I could not agree more.
The labels match the model - perfectly. https://t.co/YNhCOZPiOK

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 14, 2021

breaking news...

BREAKING NEWS: The sun is shining in Melbourne...
The skies and seas are a welcoming blue...
Walk and breathe and enjoy... pic.twitter.com/xnp3MqTwah

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 14, 2021

There is more to your life than political spin... 

remembering Robin Williams...

Robin Williams - a legend on-screen and off...
He could ignite a smile, even when we felt down + reach into a part of our soul, that may have been neglected for some time, and breathe new life into it...
Humanity's treasure... https://t.co/mD3cJjvsnt

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 12, 2021

NOTE: My favourite film of his must be 'Dead Poets' Society'. I'm a teacher and love poetry. No surprises there. 

old v. new world realities...

You just have to laugh wryly at @DaveMilbo's ironic contrast of old and new world realities...The 'image' could symbolise the status of any one of us...
The only bleak alternative is to indulge in a Munch 'Scream' by day and a wolf's howl at the moon by night... https://t.co/2WBzgPnrgT pic.twitter.com/cm58fm3TwK

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 12, 2021

dog library...

DOG LIBRARY - The quirky, the weird, the so 'delightfully logical and down-to-earth' puts a big smile into my rather 'ordinary' day...
(Now to find me a dog...) https://t.co/obWlxgvYmH

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 12, 2021

So many stresses attached to remote learning, and then a delightful little Twitter post like this turns up on my timeline... It all helps to survive these lockdown days...

hello wall my old friend...

Hello wall my old friend
I've come to talk with you again...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 11, 2021

In response to Victorian lockdown extension for another 7 days from today... 

a scream...

ALL of the above + even tired of seeing his back turned on other speakers if what they have to say doesn't suit him...esp if the speaker is female. Gross lack of professionalism and basic social etiquette. No respect for POV. If a speaker demonstrates humanity, he trivialises it.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 11, 2021

Wiradjuri words...

No matter how you say these beautiful Wiradjuri words, they sound like the lilt of magical music...
And the philosophy behind them = a thought worth tucking away in our everyday pocket... https://t.co/HduDG3iJTy

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 10, 2021

after a 'broken' yesterday...

After my 'broken' day yesterday, these beautiful morning skies over Dromana channelled some peace my way... pic.twitter.com/nJCg5JyLkR

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 10, 2021

Still reeling from the tragedy that was yesterday...At least I held my little furball in my arms right to the end...