Tracy Annenberg

Most days I can nail this lockdown thing. Yes, I’m frustrated by some aspects of it, as no doubt most are, but I can look forward to the end: when I can shop without having to queue to get into the store, and I can find everything I need in there; when I can get […]

It being a weekend and therefore time for a longer walk, we headed up Mt Victoria again. It’s a nice change from city streets, even if it can be a little challenging to maintain the required social distance, the path in places being a mere metre wide. Some creative thinking is required when meeting walkers […]

There are a few ‘re-worded’ songs doing the rounds at the moment. Most of them are pretty clever, lyrics changed to reflect the current circumstances. Walking around Wellington’s waterfront this afternoon I had my own attempt buzzing around my skull: Walking in a Covid-normal World. There is no more; those were the only lyrics I […]

There are a lot of questions around the use of masks at the moment. Some countries have made them compulsory when stepping outdoors. In others it’s left up to the individual whether they wear one or not. The scientific view seems to be that they are only of any use if worn correctly, and most […]

Neil had an email yesterday. It was from someone who had been tracking his internet browsing and, unless he paid them a fair sum of money, they would release what he had been watching to his closest friends and family. (I’m not sure how they would identify from his contacts who are his close family […]

Being a holiday, albeit a strange one, we walk a little longer today (still in our neighbourhood). We are lucky that Wellington, surrounded by hills and sitting on a beautiful harbour, has walking options past the city streets. Wherever you look you can see green, probably why I like living here as much as in […]