Apples are on the table – but not peace
I was reflecting the other day that the village I grew up in – and a village is unusual in Australia – is long gone, the chalet at it’s centre burned down and the rest merely a cluster of fishing huts just off the road from Lake St Clair. Those kind of changes are more gradual and accidental than in war-torn regions, even if disappointing, more able to be accommodated and accepted.
Apples are on the table – but not peace.
Rehabilitating casualties of war
It’s ironic that as the Gulf War drags on, we’ve joined the local Kieser gym. The Kieser method seems to be a broader version of Pilates, and I keep reflecting that Pilates was established in Germany after World War 1 to help rehabilitate the enormous numbers of war casualties, repurposing hospital beds to make gym equipment. I am impressed by its scientific, remedial approach, very useful for its ageing and decrepit market.
The physio there told me how physiotherapy itself was invented – for treatment of ballet dancers in Sweden. This impressed me because it wasn’t for football players, as you might expect, and it was a product of the Scandinavians, who have become my favourites after the French. I’m not surprised since dancers’ injuries can be serious ones, even though all we hear about are the football ones.
It’s ironic that as the Gulf War drags on, we’ve joined the local Kieser gym. The Kieser method seems to be a broader version of Pilates, and I keep reflecting that Pilates was established in Germany after World War 1 to help rehabilitate the enormous numbers of war casualties, repurposing hospital beds to make gym equipment. I am impressed by its scientific, remedial approach, very useful for its ageing and decrepit market.
‘I wondered if we could make them an offer they can’t refuse – take on the throne here and have Australia become part of Scandinavia….If we can be part of Eurovision, we should be able to join the European Union!’
The physio there told me how physiotherapy itself was invented – for treatment of ballet dancers in Sweden. This impressed me because it wasn’t for football players, as you might expect, and it was a product of the Scandinavians, who have become my favourites after the French. I’m not surprised since dancers’ injuries can be serious ones, even though all we hear about are the football ones.
