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…well, obviously not gloom of night.

Nothing, it seems can stop our fireworks from going ahead, which over the last three years have thumbed their noses at the worst bushfires we’ve ever had and two different manifestations of a pandemic.

So of course I had to share:

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Things are pretty disastrous here, so I can only hope that life is being kinder to the rest of you. There doesn’t seem much to say beyond “Take care” and “Good luck”, so I will say both most sincerely. Here’s hoping that 2022 gives us a break—and sooner rather than later.

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(Ahem. The other thing I should say is—apologies to those people I owe emails. You know who you are. And more to the point, so do I.)

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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!