Tag Archives: COVID-19

Reading 2020

Posted on 10/01/2021 by Angela Savage

For the past few years, I’ve reflected on my previous year’s reading using Reading Bingo as a framework. But 2020 being the year it was, I’ve decided to go rogue. I was surprised to find I’d read 13 fewer books … Continue reading →

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A couple of things before the end

Posted on 30/12/2020 by Angela Savage

As I near the end of this sad, sad year, there is light at the end of the tunnel. After writing little more than a few blog posts and short tributes to my mother and father, I managed to write … Continue reading →

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Rhythm of Life: A tribute to my father

Posted on 26/12/2020 by Angela Savage

After what he called ‘a rich and relatively happy life’, my beloved father Haydn Savage died on 24 September 2020, less than two weeks after his 85th birthday. Last weekend, we were finally able to celebrate his life with a … Continue reading →

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Dealing with the unfamiliar in Lockdown #2

Posted on 07/08/2020 by Angela Savage

Melbourne emerged from a 10-week lockdown designed to ‘flatten the curve’ of COVID-19 infections on 1 June 2020. Life was starting to resemble something akin to normal, when a friend commented over (a socially distant) lunch that she felt like … Continue reading →

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Yarra Valley Writers Festival online

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Angela Savage

We’ve been in lockdown due to COVID-19 for over a month now in Australia. My partner and I are working from home. My daughter is doing her high school classes from home (my brother, a teacher, reminds me not to … Continue reading →

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A novel virus

Posted on 02/04/2020 by Angela Savage

When I first starting reading about the emergence of a ‘novel coronavirus’, my first thought was, ‘What? Books can get it, too?’ To think, only weeks ago, I was able to make light of it. Since then, the virus now … Continue reading →

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