I have managed quarter of a century as a journalist without hearing the phrase “fronted adverbial”. But now I am a parent of a primary school child, it is imperative I know it, apparently.

Children in school. Bird food topped up. Dishwasher on. Coffee made.

Dammit. It’s time to do some work.

I do wonder if the double-whammy of the climate crisis and the coronavirus might make us think a little harder about how and why we travel - and maybe help us enjoy digital’s ability to keep us globally connected while relishing where we live, too.

David Allen Green’s characterisation of us entering “Brexit: Season 2" is a useful one, I think: Brexit: the end of the beginning

Actual interview with actual scientist for those who are overwhelmed by inexpert hot takes on COVID-19: Coronavirus’s Genetics Reveal Its Global Travels

Spectacular sunset as storm clouds approached this evening.

This made me chuckle:

Sea still lively in the wake of the storm.

Craig Mod, in his Roden newsletter:

“What I find most dangerous about Twitter is that it can generate similar chemical feelings to having done “the work,” when in fact, you haven’t done the work. You’ve just micro-plastic’d idea potential.”

Trees and the climate crisis

The trouble with trees:

I do worry, however, that a destructively naive view of nature and a rush to get trees in the ground will sweep all before it.  We risk repeating the errors of the past and once again cause great ecological damage.  Simple solutions to complex problems are always wrong.

Tree-planting has a role to play in combating the climate crisis - but it’s not everything, it appears. That brings us back to rewilding.