Positive news from around the world

We’re rounding up last week’s news, from Supreme Court arguments to a major Google announcement.

Positive news from around the world

### Another week has flown by, and it’s time to attempt a summary… Two in a row - is this some kind of habit?! 😂 A cost space for the winter 🏡 I’ve been home alone all week as Frank is in Tokyo, but somehow I’ve managed to keep myself busy (and out of trouble lol). It’s been interesting to note how I slip into my own routine without another human here to keep me on the straight and narrow. Later meals, later bedtime, but also better sleep! Something to think about. And with the darker mornings and evenings, I’m glad I have our apartment to hunker down in. ✅ After watching a couple of interesting videos on task management apps, I once again experimented with making Apple’s Reminders app my main tool, but I’m afraid to say the experiment only lasted 48hrs. While it has definitely come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of years, it’s still not an effective replacement for Things 3, which is something I rely on totally for work, travel and personal life. 📺 I’ve been enjoying watching Star Trek: Picard all over again. I haven’t written anything about the passing of Patrick Stewart, but suffice to say it hit me hard. Such a gifted man, such a humanitarian and such an eloquent representative of Humanism. His impact will go far beyond his incredible body of work. And Picard is even better on a second viewing. ✨ On a related note, I re-watched Star Trek: First Contact on Saturday night, with a friend who really isn’t into Star Trek. Watching him slyly out of the corner of my eye, I saw plenty of smiles, lots of engagement and heard a few honest laughs. I think he really enjoyed it, even though he’s not immersed in all the Trek lore like me. 💀 I’ve been grappling with annoying neck and back pain all week, which is only now easing up. Some gentle yoga helped a little, as did heat packs and painkillers. I don’t remember injuring myself, so can only put it down to an age-related injury acquired while… asleep in bed. Sigh. ♨️ It also reminded me just how much I miss my sauna. We had one in the last apartment building and I seemed to be the only person who used it. I think it’s time to start researching somewhere I can sauna regularly again… It’s so good for me, in multiple ways. Maybe I can justify joining one of the local gyms that have sauna facilities. 🎒 I finally blogged about my new backpack - the excellent Bellroy Cinch. It was great on our recent trip to Zagreb and I’ll definitely bring it with me to Tokyo next month. 🗻 I also wrote about my memories of seeing Mount Fuji from the plane when visiting Tokyo a couple of years back. It’s one of the best views on approach and something I hope to enjoy again next month. I need to secure myself a window seat first, though… 🗼 I’ve also spent some more time planning for our Christmas visit to Tokyo. It turns out there are more sento experiences than there are days in our visit! I’m going to have to prioritise. We’ve booked an excellent restaurant for dinner when our friend overlaps with us for a couple of days. I’m already looking forward to the seafood… 🍤 🗳️ While it’s been great to see some change in the US political scene, you’ll excuse me if I’m not falling over myself in relief. I’ll wait to see if anything practical actually comes from it all. Because America’s politics impact all of us elsewhere in the world: from the cost of my mortgage and groceries, to the instability in the Middle East and threat of nuclear conflict. Voting out the fascists in a great start. But it’s only a start.

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