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How we Aussies appear to the rest of the world

One of the messages Tony Abbott and the Liberals bleeted ad nauseum before the last election [as a justification for getting rid of the Carbon Tax] was “why should we cripple our economy when it won’t do any good anyway?”. That was not a direct quote of course, I just paraphrased the ‘message’. Well, I […]

Success and deflation

You all know the feeling – you work your butt off for weeks or months, and then suddenly the goal you thought would never arrive, does. You’re finished. You’ve achieved what you set out to do. You should be feeling euphoric. Instead, the whole thing feels like an anti-climax, and you feel blah. That’s me […]

More connections – Sail the Storm

In my last post I talked about connecting with Lew Blaustein. Well today, Joe Kawano, someone I met on Twitter – a complete stranger no less – sent me a link to one of the most amazing Youtube video clips I’ve ever seen. Thanks Joe! I’m utterly bewitched and thought I’d share. The music is […]

Doing something about Climate Change can be fun!

I’ve just discovered you can never predict how and when you will meet another kindred spirit! I’m not a sporty person by any stretch of the imagination, but thanks to my friend Candy Korman, and my post on the Climate Change rally, I’ve just met Lew Blaustein from New York City. Lew is a blogger […]

Music to write to… The Realm of Levitation

I’ve raved about Jo Blankenburg’s music since Nanowrimo 2012, so forgive me if I do another little rave. This time I’m in love with a song off his relaxation CD, Floatovations. [The title of the CD comes from 'float' and 'ovations' in case anyone was wondering].The track I love is called the ‘Realm of Levitation’ […]

“There is no skeptic at the end of a fire hose”

That line, delivered by Peter Marshall, Secretary of the United Firefighters Union [Victoria Branch] made the crowd at the Climate Change Rally roar its approval, and I yelled right along with them. Marshall went on to say that in decades past, firefighters would have to deal with just one major fire event every ten years […]

Melbourne Climate Change Rally in Pictures

I’m not the world’s best photographer so I struggled to capture the feel of today’s Climate Change rally in Melbourne, but these pics should give you some idea of what it was like. I’ll follow up with my impressions of the rally in a second post, but for now I’m knackered from all the walking […]

National Day of Climate Action – be seen, be heard!

I caught up with my assignments 3 days ago, and since then I’ve been catching up with everything else in my life that’s taken a back seat over the last couple of months. So apologies for the flurry of blog posts, but I have to get in quick before the assignments start up again next […]

Zócalo Public Square :: How Doctors Die

My thanks to Tasha for pointing me to this amazing article written by Dr Ken Murray about the choices doctors make regarding their own deaths. It is an eye-opening article, and in view of the wonderful discussion we have been having about euthanasia – and about the terrible harm that can be done to terminally […]

Amazon KDP Australia? Help?

I just found this email in my inbox : “Hello, We are excited to announce Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) for Australia. Your KDP published book(s), where you have indicated publication rights, are now available in the Australia Kindle Store. While there is no immediate action needed on your part, you can review your title and […]