I haven’t been as attendant with my Weekend Funny Challenge as much as I might have wished but while it is Sunday here in the land of Oz I do know across the pond I have another day before the fun comes to an end. So I thought I’d address an issue that is actually…
I’ve given a great deal of thought to this piece over the past weeks and have come to realise that what I am feeling is more than just the outrage at the lack of understanding from so many for the plight of a young girl who was assaulted and found no justice due to the level…
I’d like to tell you about one of the strongest women I’ve ever met in my entire life and what she means to me. I’ve fought with her, cried with her, leaned on her, derided her, ignored her, envied her and loved her more than any other human being on this planet. She’s seen me…
I’ve been at a loss recently as to what I wanted to say or to write. It wasn’t, in this case, a matter of being too busy or there being a lack of things on which to comment [or rant about as is often the case]. In a way it was quite the opposite, so…
It’s been a little while since I’ve just done a quick thought for the day. Sadly I do have a lot more that I wish to write about but as I’ve been down with the Flu [yes again – nasty thing just won’t quit] I have to make this one quick due to the need…
I had a very interesting chat the other day with my son regarding racism in Australia and the divergent responses we have when faced with it. Since then I’ve been pondering my own attitudes and the feelings that are roused when I see or hear of behavior that is inherently harmful all based on the…
This weekend has been a strange one for me. Reading the reports on the changes to our freedom of information act, the undemocratic gags being placed on social media and listening to our government justify gutting funding to groups who are advocacy based fueled my anger and left me burning with a sense of injustice…
Well folks the weekend is over here, at least in the land of Oz. I will still be taking submissions for the weekend challenge for the next few hours as I do realize that in some places it is still Sunday. However for me the weekend is over and I’m going to start this week by…
As I said in a previous post, I have been pondering the concept of perseverance recently and despite my best efforts to live in the present I have found myself thinking, more and more, on the past and the roads I’ve traveled this last decade. It is human nature I guess, the need to play Monday…
This image is courtesy of RUGU and speaks very loudly to me today. Whitman clearly understood something that most take far too long to appreciate, I know I did and paid for that time wasted dearly. He intuited that it is not the choices made in comfort and ease alone that creates strength, will and…
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