I was merely implying that I am not in the position to verify whether these are true or not, but domestic demand for goods in China dropped significantly during and after covid. The reason for this is highly speculated. China has also been reporting bloated population numbers, which cannot be true with the historical fertily numbers.
There has been rumours, that the chinese population has declined by hundreds of millions during covid. This also could be a contributing fact to the decline of domestic demand.
This was my first thought as well. Societies have collapsed in the past, only difference now is that it is global in its nature. I can’t live thinking it is going to get better in the future when it cannot.
I have made my peace though, and enjoy the time still left of relative stability.
This is a serene picture, I can almost feel and hear the wind.
I tend to go one size down for the ribbing. I have one sweater with twisted ribbing, but it loosened up faster than normal one. I vote for number two.
A kindred spirit, I too change all linen, towels, teatowels on a Sunday. I love the feeling of crisp linen and rough towels.
I have sets of “three” of everything. One set in use, one set in the laundry and one set in the closet. I only buy new things if visible frayed and no point trying to mend.
Yes. I, in fact, do enjoy crafting in pyjamas whilst gulping down a cup of coffee and some cookies.
Last book: Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind. I ravaged through it quite fast and enjoyed the descriptive writing style immensely. It’s supposedly a book with many intresting layers, but I loved as a novel about world of smell.
Currently: Though I tend to read several at the time depending on my mood, my main book is Breaking together: A freedom-loving response to collapse by Jem Bendell. I work with environmental stuff and I feel like we are past the point where ecological modernisation is a answer to all of our woes. It is well-written book and you can download it for free.
If I understood correctly, it is the drought in Spain, which is causing the flamingos to seek new feeding grounds. I feel like this is yet another problem caused by climate change, that we did not expect (though we knew animals will migrate). Maybe it is not all caused by CC, but definitely it had something to do with it.
This is how it goes. Read one book and two will take its place. Though I do not remember the last time I did not have anything to read, there is always something.
PS2, you never forget your first love.