![]() ![]() ![]() However, Charles Dickens seemed to sum it up well with his timeless genius: I’ve covered that over at my other blog, Beyond the Flow, here: Besides, there’s been a lot of talk comparing 2020 to the 1919 Spanish flu pandemic, and I’ve just brought it forward another year.īefore I launch into Ethel Turner’s 1921, a bit of context might be helpful. However, that’s where the research trail took me. It was our year to go with wisdom from the Wizard of Oz: “There’s no place like home.” Ethel TurnerĪnyway, as I said, I didn’t intend to go back in time and spend Christmas 1921 with Ethel Turner and her band of Sunbeamers. So, the four of us stayed home, and were mighty grateful for the three dogs to add to the head count. I couldn’t be sure our kids wouldn’t infect the family in Sydney, or that they’d unwittingly infect us. Mum and Dad are in their late 70’s and went into isolation, and decided not to go to the big family Christmas. ![]() On Christmas Day alone there were 6 379 cases of covid detected in NSW. Me- Christmas 2021 overlooking Terrigal Beach A regular Christmas over there can attract over thirty people with bodies in and out of the pool, and enough food to sink a battleship. To be very honest, I’d planned to spend Christmas Eve at Church, and Christmas Day with the whole shebang over at my aunt’s place. No doubt, it won’t surprise you that I never intended to spend Christmas 2021 with Ethel Turner reconstructing Christmas 1921. ![]()
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