Melbourne Storms and Fires
I am enjoying starting my speaking & book tour in Melbourne Australia, but it has begun in a background of ongoing trauma. I am now stuck inside after storms have caused a return risk of fires so a state of emergency has been created, requiring to all be at home and await instructions. It feels very traumatised here, a lot of people have died, and the risk continues. It feels a little bit like that feeling I remember from the London Tube & Bus terrorist activity 2 years ago. There is a profound sense of fear here, but at the same time, a real sense of people coming together. I was really moved by the memorial in the Anglican Cathedral remembering those who have died. So it is a strange time to kick off a tour when I have bronchitis and on antibiotics, and where the books I sent over were all printed wrongly by Lulu!!! So it has been extremely challenging. I am hoping it is going to get easier!!
