smirking milk dregs...

PASSING THOUGHT: Not motivated to do supermarket shopping that should have been done yesterday. Trying to find+activate some hope beyond lockdown seems somehow more important. But the milk dregs are 'smirking' at me. The little left may not give me a morning coffee tomorrow. 🙄

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 15, 2021

Just love David Milner's 'turn of phrase'...Always nails the mood, the climate + kickstarts a smile... 

Anyone got any exciting plans for between this lockdown and the next one? I was thinking about going outside.

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) August 15, 2021

consumption and climate...

Amazing how long ago the warnings were already there...
Consumption and climate are uneasy bedfellows... https://t.co/QwESPscd1n

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

retired teacher issues...

I am close to being a 'retired teacher', but covid has thrown any plans into chaos. I must hang in there with a lighter load locked in place for next year. I feel so sorry for what is happening to you + hope I don't have the same issues. We try so hard to improve student lives...

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

flowers of light and beauty...

These stunning flowers radiate light and beauty...
The world cannot drink in enough of that light and beauty right now...

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

Somalia beach stones...

These stunning stones from Somalia's Madagascar beach could easily be inspiring works of art...
Ahem... They are inspiring works of art... https://t.co/HNa1UlfZ54

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

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