Afghanistan felt like the final straw in a bruised world
As we all came to terms with this news and tried to understand what it meant for the people of Afghanistan. It definitely felt like the last straw in a bruised world.
Fuck it Enough
Sometimes everything just gets too much and you’re sick of where your life is taking you, as well as your misery in your own existence. That’s when your power kicks in – power to change your stars
And the Northern Hemisphere cooks
If you’re like me, you’ve been transfixed by the news of the unrelenting heat wave hitting Canada, with record temperatures killing hundreds from heat related issues, as well as setting off fires that are destroying whole towns.
I never want to embarrass you about plastic, but I don’t know how to say it any other way
I was standing in line at a 7-Eleven the other day. There were four people in front of me, all buying single items, and everyone of them accepted the plastic bag offered.
2019 the year I started facing a torrent of depressing knowledge
I’ve had a tough start to the year, really tough. I’m usually not one to get down and stay down, and I’ve been trying to reach out to people to talk too
Are you taking climate change seriously? Here’s 40 articles on climate change
I know many aren’t quite ready to embrace the enormity of the current environmental crisis, and for many others, it’s just too overwhelming to even start thinking about.
It takes nothing to be kind, so please, be kind, to everyone
I’m on the beach the other evening and there’s a team of horses the tourists love to hire. During the low season – which is coming to an end soon
There are too many children crying, hurting and dying in this world. It needs to stop
A few years ago, I wrote a blog – The haunting moments of broken bones – following a particularly brutal evening, where for one hour,
It begins, conversations on life, the universe and fear
My friend Anna Flinn came over recently, and we were in social media planning mode for her impending TEDx talk. We got to chatting and drinking wine (as gals do), and our conversation evolved to things we really wanted to do but hadn’t gotten around to yet. We’ve all got them, right? For me, it …
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I’ve been trying to get to Sri Lanka since 1995
It’s 1995, I’m travelling around India, now in Calcutta, trying to decide if I go to China or Sri Lanka next. I left Australia with a one-way ticket – Melbourne, Kathmandu, New Delhi and London. I’d originally planned to go to China after Nepal and India, but the Chinese embassy in Melbourne screwed up …
What was the bad and the good stuff in 2016?
I had dinner with a wonderful group of friends recently and asked everyone what was bad and what was good for them in 2016? Well, actually, it was phrased more like what fucken sucked and what was awesome, but both work right? Some answered with things closer to home, some answered spiritually, and some were …