It’s Time! What time is it? Who has the time anyway?

Reflections on the passing of time and the Australian election.

Still from the Labor Party’s famous 1972 Election Campaign “It’s time!” State Library of WA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Last night my wife and I were talking about how the writing was going. Since the start of the year things have been progressing well, yet over the last three weeks, I’ve published nothing.

No, I haven’t rekindled my passion for papier mache, I’m sticking with the writing, but you know, reasons.

The last three weeks have seen personal and global changes. My mother-in-law had a heart attack and has now moved in with us. She’s fine, and she’s fun to have around, but still, when space is limited a degree of coping is required from everyone. We also suspect she’s grooming Rex to become “her dog”.

“Oh, Rexie loves me, but I don’t think he likes you as much as he once did”.

Thanks grandma. Well, you’re not my grandma, but you’re someone’s grandma.

As for the globe, I don’t need to tell you.

This is part of the issue. the writing hasn’t stopped, but the words feel like a round peg in the square hole of issues at the moment.

There’s been some extensive rambling on the problems of gun violence, capitalism, politics, the anxiety…