The landmass of Australia is very old, as is the culture of our indigenous peoples, but European settlement is still new. None of our cities are truly old; they simply haven’t been around long enough. How then to explain the artist colony of Montsalvat?
The ledge of my kitchen window is over a metre off the floor of the deck which is, itself, close to two metres off the ground. Yet despite these giddying heights, there was a small frog on the ledge last night, looking in as I looked out:
I’ve always had a problem with ‘-isms’ — communism, socialism, facism, capitalism, republicanism, you name it — because they all seem to miss the point about people. Homo Sapiens doesn’t give a flying fruit bat about politics until things go wrong.
The world is quickly abandoning coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels. But that’s not the end of the…
I’m hopeless with dates so I wanted to commemorate the day on which marriage equality became law, here in Australia. I’m so proud. :)
As a long time fan of renewable energy, the latest news about Elon Musk fills me with glee. He bet that he could install a megabattery in South Australia in 100 days, and he’s come in ahead of schedule!
That pile of ash and charcoal is all that’s left of a huge pile of dead branches, windfall and…
A co-worker brought in a pamphlet yesterday. The heading read ‘3 ways gay marriage will change the classroom’. And I quote
‘More radical gay & lesbian sex ‘education’ programs in schools’ like Safe Schools which ‘..already teach…
My thanks to Michelle Lovi, David Prosser, and Suzanne Newnham for all the wonderful information they shared with me. Armed with this information, I went researching and found some resources that may be of use to others as well.
