I know! It’s been a hundred years! But I’m back, and here’s a bit of what I’ve been up to lately. Never mind if you don’t want to read the whole thing, just slim through and check out my two photos that got published, that’s what I’m stoked about today I was one who did the morning expedition then went home, but what a morning it was! This was the first group bird watching/ photography outing possible since covid-19 arrived and shut us in…I was so dying for it! It was so good to see my friends again, at 1.5 metres, and be out in the bush again, in the sun again even if it started out at 4 deg ..read more

One of the earliest recommendations that I got from a therapist to help me deal with anxiety and depression flaring up was the use of the senses to ground you into the present, taking you out of the past where depression drags you and out of the future where anxiety pulls you. Shutting your eyes and really listening to the sounds around you, all of the little noises that we blur into the background and don’t really hear, for instance, is a great place to start. Did you know that if you sit at the Collins St-Spring St tram stop and close your eyes (yes, you look like a dork!), or at least stare ..read more

There’s a funny thing that you see over and over and over in healthcare: people who ignore their doctor’s advice, be it their GP or specialist, then come to the emergency department for help when they reach crisis. I guess there’s something human in us all that makes us think we’re above taking advice, even when the person giving advice has a level of expertise that we don’t. But when a complaining patient is only in ED through their own actions it can be hard to feel terrible for them. They still get the appropriate treatment, don’t get me wrong there, but when you’re done and dusted dealing ..read more

via Eynesbury and Toolern Creek – May 2020 ..read more