From the Editor May 2020

Usually I’ll write here about all the great things that went on this month and all the exciting events and activities planned for the coming month, probably comment on the weather and note something cool going on beyond the Quairading CRC—which this time of year would be the dang exciting start to a new footy season—so ah yeah, I’m a little hard pressed for content right now.
 
It’s been five weeks since we closed the Quairading CRC to the public and shifted our computer screens home. Mine have been shifted about three times since then as I try to find a comfy work space that actually allows me more than twenty minutes of focus at a time—the lure of cooking, Netflix-ing, puzzling, hair braiding, video calling friends and can you believe it, even cleaning are regularly proving far too tempting! Luckily I found a good spot and have managed to produce an entire Banksia Bulletin from my breakfast bar.
 
The days are seeming to go on forever, blurring into the next yet somehow the weeks are flying by. With the number of daily new cases of COVID-19 in the state remaining relatively low it seems reasonable that some restrictions will be slowly lifted over the coming weeks, BUT it could totally take months for all restrictions to lift and it could totally take months and months for us to feel comfortable to visit friends across regions and immerse ourselves in large crowds. It’s certainly proving to be a marathon, not a sprint.
 
At this point we don’t yet have a date that the Quairading CRC will be reopened to the public, but as always we’re available by email and phone and can still carry out essential print and copy services for you—by appointment.
 
May you feel optimism more often than you feel pessimism, rid the guilt wherever you may be feeling it and find some sort of productivity that suits you and your household right now—even if it’s just putting on pants each day. Luckily putting on pants will become easier, as the mornings have suddenly gotten chillier! Oh look at that, I managed to comment on the weather.
 
 
My thoughts go out to those who are mourning the loss of loved ones in incredibly difficult circumstances.
 
 
Jill Hayes
Editor | Banksia Bulletin
Coordinator | Quairading CRC