The idea for this post was originally to be about land rights, worked around the recent Diggers 2012 issue as blogged by George Monbiot in The Promised Land, but I got to thinking about co-operation not confrontation, although I am sure there will be more of the latter in the arena of land rights battles. This... Continue Reading →
Obituary For A Lost Son – Regrets, I Have A Few…
How do I start this? Yesterday I came across the following quote from George Bernard Shaw and posted it to my Facebook favourite quotes list: “Life wasn't meant to be easy, my child, but take courage: it can be delightful!”. I had not previously seen the full quote as it is normally rendered as “Life... Continue Reading →
Repost: Cold, wet, rainy day
This is a repost of something I first published on my Meanderings blog on 25 May 2012. It has been a cold, wet day here today up here in North Central Victoria. Seems like we have had a month's worth of rain. Not much can be done on days like this. I did take the... Continue Reading →
Why?
I studiously avoided any connection with social networking until just a few months before I started this blog but once I started a Facebook page, it became irresistible to record my views, thoughts and opinions as status updates. I found this practice both rewarding and internally liberating. I finally had an outlet for my unresolved need to... Continue Reading →