in a darkened room

Trying to find something to photograph on a phone with no flash.

Desperate blipping.

I probably would have left it. But for my new year's resolution and my annoyance at something I heard on the radio today. There was a discussion about the cost of childcare, and the commentator said that there are a million women not contributing tax because they are looking after their children. So much to say on this, much of it probably incoherent, but for starters, not everything that is important has a monetary value. Secondly, yes childcare is expensive, prohibitively expensive in some cases, but don't discount that staying at home is a valuable choice. And thirdly yes cheaper childcare might be nice, but at what cost ...decreased ratios of staff to children, no thanks. Decreased training, knowledge or skills? Again no thanks. So what gives to reduce the cost.

I really wish our government could see that everything that matters can't always be measured or given a financial value.