Human society seems to be sliding ever closer to a very strange place where technological devices and screens are more interesting to us than human interaction. As someone who works on the web some of the time, and uses it…
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Melbourne, I love you
At least I have my city. This city fills my soul and makes me feel like I belong somewhere in the world. All these subtle connections, The people I see day to day around my neighbourhood, They are a comforting…
For everyone a home
What is the scenario in Australia’s housing market right now. I read the news. I read the article twice actually. Housing affordability has never been worse. Particularly for first home buyers. . . The interesting point that I could not…
human singing for non verbal children
Music!! So, I was at my corner cafe/shop! I was talking to a father and his daughter. She was a little quiet, I suppose. . . She did not respond to my questions or engage with me and her father.…
more housing less expensive
what is the story for renters? it is one thing, I think to want to cover your costs. Another thing entirely is to just keep raising prices in our economy for fun, or greed, or because EVERYONE else is doing…
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When Austria visited my page a couple of weeks ago, I was in a period of vulnerability. And it felt like my blogs were a battlefield, or at least that is what I perceived. From the reams of paragraphs on…
Carving out stimulation free zones
When I got off the tele-facetime call with a family impacted by device usage at a young age today, I felt utterly dysregulated. I felt like I was totally overstimulated, and it made me feel sick in the stomach. My…
the addictive nature of gem
maybe the practical way to keep young children away from phones (and maybe television Or devices generally) is to keep the device in a room that the child can’t enter, and the adults can go in there for a tech…
Disasters and ROISKSKDF
Jordan is known for medical tourism according to Wikipedia. It is also a peaceful country. Its resources are stretched, however, and although it has taken refugees from the neighbouring regions, it does not have a WEALTH of natural resources. From…
No words for this tiny hope inside
How inspirational!! How amazing 🙂