My heart grieves for my nieces. Reading about the great rewiring of childhood, From 2010 😮 The kids are not okay. They haven’t been for at least a decade. And this is our future. We are in peril. Do things…
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Some kind of idea
Something interesting happened to me today! I got a vision of a particular cafe somewhere a little north west of where my home is, and dutifully got into my car to get to this place that my inner voice was…
what the hell is going on?
it is just so terribly sad. 🙁 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3UstsqNbbl/?igsh=Z3h4ejNuZ2RrcDZx no words! Xxxxxxx ((((so sorry this is happening to you)))). Tears. Xxxx xx xxxxx
Mercantile shadiness in human connection
I get that commerce has allowed humans to cooperate very effectively. It has also allowed us to work together over vast distances and personal differences. However, I am often reminded that there is a dark side to commerce. In some…
Last beautiful summer?
It is such a beautiful day out there in Melbourne today. We may as well enjoy it while it lasts. No doubt you heard the news about 2023 being the hottest year on record. The scientists say that this is…
Rubbish and recycling
If there is one thing that irks me, it is people not following the rules for residential (or commercial) garbage collection. It seems to me to be such a disrespectful thing to do. And I feel like the people who…
The devastating Israel/Palestinian conflict
It seems that you would like to hear about my thoughts on the Israel/Palestine conflict. And although I find it an extremely challenging topic to talk about out loud because of the violence, okay, I’ll bite. My overall attitude is…
Getting the little jobs done
The problem as I see it from a logistical point of view, is that all the crappy little jobs need to get done. We need someone to mop the supermarket floor, clean the public toilets and put up the event…
The lust for power – autocratic power?
If we are really going to face up to things though, I guess we should consider autocratic power in all of this. What is the alternative? Actually? BECAUSE AUTOCRATIC power is not it. It is a difficult thing to talk…
Citizen science and air pollution – the local solution
Although it seems that some of our governments aren’t taking climate change seriously enough – why is Tanya Plibersek approving new 30 – 50 year coal mines, for example? (Where is the ACTION)? There is some hope in the power…