DIY Airbnb This visitor (speaking beautiful French) is spending his days in his hammock - in the tree on my nature strip. How resourceful! Just when I thought nothing could surprise me …. (I have left him in peace to commune with nature)

Amidst the bad experiences we’ve all had I offer a shout out to Qantas for great service today. Email alert about unused travel voucher I had no record of. Extraordinarily helpful staff member tracked it down. Refund in my Visa account. That’s the Qantas I know and love !

A tawny owl blessed me with a visit. I feel better now!

Help me Rhonda! Today another professional responded to my correspondence calling me Mrs Howell despite my email making it clear that is NOT my name. I’m getting very tired of the assumption that the name I use is my husband’s. He thinks I am too polite. Advice please.

Another disappointment from Qantas. Got very excited about the emailed offer for either double points or double status points. Booked before deadline tomorrow. Guess what - told the offer is only available IF I USE MY POINTS!!! Nothing in email says that. Not happy Jan.

Verbs matter. Journalists need to follow the precision of professionals like the remarkable Ronni🧂Salt NowOnBlueSkySocial. Don’t say ‘he IGNORED the ADVO’ say ‘He deliberately BREACHED the ADVO’ We need to change the language if we want to reframe community perception.

A #songofcomfort for anyone who needs it.

So Telstra contacts me. Do you want to keep White Pages listing? The number no longer exists so I click the link to cancel. More than 45 mins now. Links take me in a circle. I give up. Do better Telstra!

ABC News Sydney - I have been very loyal but the rounded screen at new Paramatta premises mean I can’t read the weather report at all. So disappointing! I think SBS is calling. So sad.

7.30 with the wonderful @Laura Tingle. Hurray!

My latest piece: LA fires starkly show how impacts of climate change discriminate womensagenda.com.au/latest/la-fire…

Hurray for Laura Tingle and her journalist’s skills. Tonight - a balanced analysis of election spruiking by both sides. Fact checking evident. Bias absent. Hurray indeed!

Shout out to Telstra for compassionate behaviour. In hospital with spinal damage I missed paying my bill. Instead of unpleasant threats a thoughtful, helpful letter suggesting I call if I needed help to pay. Wonderful to see some kindness in a world gone mad.

Hurray for Media Watch. Tonight’s episode showcased what real editorial freedom looks like. Now it’s time for the ABC to bring the same level of unbiased scrutiny to its political analysis ( maybe by putting Laura Tingle in charge).

PON Appoints Two New Members to the PON Executive Committee pon.harvard.edu/daily/conflict… Great to see the Program On Negotiation continuing to make strong appointments. These appointees, and their expertise, confirm that PON's role has never been more important and relevant.

Growing up I remember my father’s business associates talking. They thought the worst sin a man could commit was cheating at golf. Imagine that.

Congratulations Sarah Ferguson for persistent questioning tonight. Well done.

Hurray for ABC reporter John Lyons! We need honest journalists to ask difficult questions. Only dictators silence the honest search for the truth. Keep going ABC!

We all grieve differently. Lindy Chamberlain’s wrongful conviction was strongly influenced by her absence of tears. It is not a sign of failure to grieve. Weaponising the absence of tears is a new low blow. Leave Penny Wong alone.

Michael Rowland on the 7.30 Report strikes the perfect note. Tough on the problem and soft on the people. Respectful and determined to ask the hard questions. Can we keep him?