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i have no clue. a quick missive from new zealand today. and how are you? (Patreon)

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2021-08-31 07:11:07
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hello my loves…

i’m buried under board games and dishes and lego and stories and laundry and level four lockdown

but

quick update from down here.

after two weeks of hardcore lockdown spurred by a single case of covid detected in the community (which, of course, was just the tip of the iceberg by the time it was detected), a ray of hope….

today: only 49 new cases in the country. less than yesterday (there were 53) and the day before (there were 64). which means new covid cases in NZ are now down for two consecutive days in a row.

everyone here is praying that it’s a true trend…which could mean auckland coming out of full lockdown in a few weeks.

it’s a real nail-biter.

it’s hard here, with no shops open, no school, no swimming, no hiking, just in our house…waiting. being patient. knowing that this lockdown is so little compared to what so much do the rest of the world has had to endure.

i’m so, so grateful for the way this country is handling things. i feel so lucky to be here.

it feels like an oasis of sanity in a world gone mad.

FYI….this is the main, national site new zealanders refer to every day to see what’s going. it may be interesting to people abroad:

https://covid19.govt.nz



i love you all.

i am going to go back to the dishes, the board games, the endless lockdown cleaning.

but tell me: how are you doing, wherever you are. i’d like to know….

it feels like we are all going through such different - but similar - things.


my friends in australia - sydney and mebourne - are having a particularly rough time with their endless lockdown and few signs of hope.

the news from afghanistan is just perpetually heartbreaking.


eric clapton is composing anti-vax songs.

i’m not sure which way is up.

i’m not sure i need to know anymore.


it was amanda fucking palmer


in the drawing room


with the ukulele.




xx

afp


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Katherine Cunningham

I do love you so much, all of you. I don’t write here often, but following you both on twitter keeps me touch with your world. Here in Melbourne, we’ve just heard at least another two weeks, and the cases are getting out of traceable connectivity… which gets scary. Being double vaxxed with AZ, I am in that place of knowing I am ok, but acutely aware of how many are not. Heartbreaking to know that COVID is in some indigenous communities doing damage, disgusted in so much of our racist, colonial noise in the papers and out of too many politicians mouths. Personally going a little stir crazy not able to hug my family, living, for the first time, alone (since 2 weeks before lockdown) , I am finding new rhythms and rhymes of self that are collecting some steam… even began my first book… which I haven’t told anyone about, so please keep that between us… I am delving deeper into what it takes to give permission to the individualistic nature of modern western mind thinking, that can be so very enamoured with the hero mindset, to give permission to build cooperatively. Exploring the application of the last chapter of Sand Talk, (Tyson Yunkaporta) that invites us all to the custodial capacity of humanity, into worker cooperative education. Learning how to teach what thinking as a group feels like. Functioning from principle centred leadership. It’s big and juicy and possible in so many ways, indeed functional in the UK and US, but trying to get an Aussie mind to recognise it can trust 4 other people with their livelihood is tough going. Grateful for my attention being held thus. I am not totally alone though, a partner comes for sleep overs twice a week. I get to walk the Victorian Markets twice a week too. Life is ok… today. May All you Need be Within Reach. Big Katherine Hugs to you Amanda, and Neil and Ash.

Jane France

I’m in Durham, UK and feeling very apprehensive because I’m back to work in a secondary school tomorrow with virtually no mitigation in place. Children are being tested today, but it’s not compulsory, no more bubbles, no need for masks. We’re having a whole staff meeting rather than online. I intend to wear my mask in corridors and a visor when I’m teaching because I know it works but I know most won’t. I know we have to learn to live with Covid but my friend is double vaccinated and has just been extremely ill so there are still risks. All that said, it will be good to see my colleagues and the children and start the new year. Stay safe everyone xx

thnidu

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. (Of course you know that is, but since your loving gang is worldwide...) Tornado watch today! And there have been terrifying tornadoes in the past well or 2, though not in Philly. This online catch seems relevant: Spotted on Quora.com: "[Q:] What do you think of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blaming unvaccinated black people for the Covid spread in his state?" "[A.:] Right wing loon liars gotta right wing loon lie." Hugs, Mark

Tony Ivanova

Really glad to hear from you. Trying to keep my sanity intact. Sitting without a job or any real qualification. Probably next month I'll gonna have to get some kind of a job. Waitress or whatever. And it's kinda scary since I had to deal with depression, afraid it will make things worse. But don't really have any other choice. Still trying to quit smoking cigarettes. Nothing works so far. I wish things was just a bit easier. Things had been really tough for me last year. Surprisingly not because of covid. But it is what it is i guess. Seeing your lifestream made me feel much better for a while. So thanks for that. Love.

Jozias

It's not over says my brother in The Netherlands. They have a daughter working on an IC. They still live in fear. They feel like to be very strict to their kids and grandkids. They were not together since the outbreak. I live in Georgia. In my surrounding counties IC's are 80% full. As are beds for Covid in these hospitals. Cases are over average high here and growing. More pressure on non vaccinated people because most of positive tested are unvaccinated. Drugs meant for horses are taken because they are stimulated by their social group. Officials are warning for this kind of ignorant use of unprescribed drugs. These people will never go to a hospital. And it's real they still fear this virus is fake and they do think some secret power tries to control them. Most people don't wear masks anymore. No one does with big US events we see on tv. Distancing is not done. Only a little elite still reads the statistics about Covid. The masses ignore and believe they are right. That's why we still spike. It's hard here to avoid to get paranoid and remain realistic. We get all back between our own walls and private opinions. Threads come from everywhere. What to think of so many still opposing climate change? How do you keep reality out of that with ongoing hurricanes and wild fires? What to think of a supreme court that supports to block the options for abortion in Texas? What to think of the outrageous opposition against Biden about Afghanistan? What to think of the fact that a schoolboy that shoots an other in their classroom. Do I allow myself to think there is a causal connection between many of these, that were not connected in the pre-covid world? Can I still feel safe to talk about these with my friends? In what camp do they live? Do we hide or expose? How did we come to feel like we lost it to fight lies? How come we had to defend what was for ever legal? How come illegal got so many votes? "Everything of value is defenseless." (Neeltje Maria Min.) This country is very sick, that's for sure.

Vera Huber

I don't know what to say. Covid hasn't changed my life a lot. I'm lonely.

Anonymous

TW: mention of assault and suicide Hi Amanda, Reading your post made me wish I could move to New Zealand. I’ve talked about it so often but.... money. This month has been extremely hard. And honestly I came here because I wanted to thank you because you have been my constant companion though all of it. A month ago today I was sexually assaulted and robbed by a “friend” on the way home from the airport. Within 24 hours of returning home I had to save my mom from a suicide attempt. There have been a series of difficult things that have also happened this month including losing a friend who tried to sabotage my work as well as now struggling with nerve pain that the drs also don’t understand the origin. My saving Grace has actually has been your music and my work. I’m a trauma therapist which in a way gives my a break from my emotional pain and trauma. Might not be the healthiest coping mechanism but it’s my most comfortable place because I actually am a fucking good therapist. At the end of my day I listen to “The ride” every night. I know that you wrote it before COVID but I can’t find a better song for what it’s like out there. I perfectly relate to that image of “sitting singing beside you” as a therapist and friend these days. You are singing to me the way I have “sung” to my clients that day. So thank you. You obviously don’t know me but thank you for being my friend/companion this month. You may have helped saved my soul from going off the edge<3 All my love,

John Simpson

Greetings from Sarasota … where governor DeathSentence continues to do the exact opposite of the right thing, as often and as strenuously as he can. It’s gotten to the point where I’m almost afraid to leave the house again, and I got my two shots back in March. Work is stressful, the company was “acquired” about a year and a half ago, and the (much) larger company that bought us, announced this morning that THEY are being acquired. Just when i was getting used to things, here we go again. My girlfriend (we got to meet you after the show in Nashville, still one of my favourite shows EVAR) works as a home health aide. The older woman she works with during the day seems to have started going downhill over the past few weeks. We both love this woman dearly, it’s going to be really hard on both of us when she finally passes. She’s over 100 years old now, but “healthy” seems to run in her family, hopefully she’ll be around for several more years yet. Otherwise, I can’t complain too much. I’m doing better than a lot of other people - I have a good job, I’m not in danger of becoming homeless, and as long as I can stay away from the marauding hordes of anti-vax, anti-mask, anti-common-sense, anti-LOVE idiots … I think I’ll survive.

Anonymous

Wish you all the best!