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It's not a Happy New Year here in Australia

Hello, everyone. Greetings from Australia I hope you are all doing well wherever you are reading this. As I'm sure you've heard, things are not so good here in my part of the world. 2019 was Australia's hottest and driest on record.  Our 2020 started, as the last century ended, with a New Year inferno.  Devasting bushfires, record temperatures and air pollution at critical levels  have made news across the world. A massive thank you to all of you who have contacted me with love and concern  asking how you can help with our current bushfire disaster. We live in harrowing times, our news is filled with images that are sometimes beyond belief.  My family and home in suburban Melbourne are all fine. For us, other than disrupted holiday plans, and the polluted air, we are largely unaffected.  Except that sometimes everything seems to have changed,  and at others, life goes on. It is the weirdest of times. It is the saddest ...