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Month: April 2021

Word power: Arundhati Roy excoriates Narendra Modi

Published April 30, 2021 by Pelidoug

Word power: Arundhati Roy excoriates Narendra Modi

 

Direct quote from Indian Prime Minister Modi, crowing, in January 2021:

Friends, it would not be advisable to judge India’s success with that of another country. In a country which is home to 18% of the world population, that country has saved humanity from a big disaster by containing corona effectively.

Arundhati Roy, describing India’s ghastly pandemic reality in April 2021:

The system hasn’t collapsed. The government has failed. Perhaps “failed” is an inaccurate word, because what we are witnessing is not criminal negligence, but an outright crime against humanity.

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Anvil Beach, again (postscript to #6 in “Deep South WA meets Southern Ocean” series)

Published April 27, 2021 by Pelidoug

Anvil Beach, again (postscript to #6 in “Deep South WA meets Southern Ocean” series)

If you are “new” to Anvil Beach, it would be a good idea – before you proceed further – to see/read its earlier post

This one is the fruit of a visit/swim (my beloved did all of the swimming) at the end of an unusually hot day.

The featured image, taken at 6.03 pm on 18 March 2021, shows Anvil Beach’s “anvil”.

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Stirling Range, after fire

Published April 11, 2021 by Pelidoug

Stirling Range, after fire

 

 

At 1,159 square kilometres Stirling Range National Park is “large”, or “small”, depending on one’s perspective.

Four hours drive northwest, Perth – Western Australia’s sprawling metropolis  – occupies more than five times as much ground.

The Stirlings’ “footprint” is less than one 209th of the United Kingdom’s 242, 495 square kilometres.

Botanically, however, the Stirling Range is much the “bigger”/“hotter” place!

It has more flowering plant species than does the entire UK; many of them grow only in or near the Stirling Range.

Two recent “catastrophic” fires seemingly “destroyed” much more than half of what had been growing there…

 

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Ugly beauty: “Forest Motors” (# 89 in “a shining moment” series)

Published March 31, 2021 by Pelidoug

Ugly beauty: “Forest Motors” (# 89 in “a shining moment” series)

A big, rusting surprise was just one minute’s walk away from the house in which we recently spent sixteen nights – on a forested hill near Youngs Siding, in Western Australia’s Deep South.

This post’s musical complement: a singular treatment of an apropos Thelonious  Monk number, plus the most tender song ever written about a car salesman….

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