#21 Weekend Reads – keep the faith my friends, keep the faith
The RBG news went from sorrow, to outrage, to fear and then political momentum started to move in the right direction faster than I’ve ever seen it happen before.
Pandemic
#17 Weekend reads – hope one week, madness the next
It was to be expected. A week highlighting a parallel universe in the United States, and of course, I’m talking about
#15 Weekend reads, free at last, I’m free at last
My kids went back to school this week – hallelujah!! It’s been nearly six months since they’ve been home, and overall, it’s been a really positive experience for all of us.
#13 Weekend reads – and the adventure comes to an end
The North is empty. The doors are shuttered and every day new ‘for rent’ and ‘for sale’ signs are going up. Some of the business owners I spoke with said they would be extremely challenged to make it until Christmas if this isn’t over.
#12 Weekend reads – drought in the tropics, we really going to keep ignoring that?
This year – 2020 – is a tough year for many reasons, but it’s also the year Thailand tackles its worst drought in 40 years!! I can not express how alarming it is when the wettest region in the world – the tropics – experiences drought
What’s an Infodemic? How do you manage it?
An Infodemic is when we experience an overload of information – which is usually false or unverified (non-peer-reviewed) information – and it’s a common reality during a crisis, which is why a pandemic ignites a Infodemic.
#11 Weekend reads – greetings from Northern Thailand
How can I get out in the middle of a pandemic you might ask? Well I live in Thailand and it’s been seven weeks since any cases of community transmission.
#9 Weekend reads – have we all finally woken up to the reality of COVID19?
Surely this was the week we saw global acceptance of the huge challenges facing us in overcoming the pandemic? Of course there will always be those who doubt what is right in front of their eyes, but the majority is what matters, right?
#7 Weekend reads – tentative freedom and chaos seems to be the order of the day
On the one hand, many countries opening up have citizens who have done the hard yards to eradicate COVID19, by following extreme measures. It’s not over in many of these countries, but they have a better sense of where they are, and a commitment to doing what is needed to end the crisis in their countries.
The human impact of COVID-19, Burmese Workers Camp, Phuket Town
A day visiting and sharing food at Burmese workers camps in Phuket Town, Thailand, end of May 2020.