“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry “And do you travel with a group…? It’s a familiar question I’m frequently asked, carrying all that is implicit in the questioner’s… Read More The Loneliness of Travel
Winter is whale season on the northcoast of NSW. I’ve been staying here for the last three weeks, walking the beaches empty of people yet abundant in marine and terrestrial life. Each beach inevitably ends at a bluff or headland, which acts as the perfect location for observing the joyful journey of the whales as… Read More Following The Whale Trail
Its time for the monthly WeAre TheWorld Blogfest in which we share positive stories of humanity to counter the constant stream of negativity. I love this story of a group of first responders who , when called out to helped a woman in pain, listened tothe deeper level of her story and spontaneously chipped in… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: Heart Centred Healers
It started off with the visit of a curious bird, the Wonga Pigeon. Of course at the time I didn’t know that was its name. One afternoon it arrived in the backyard of the holiday house “Woop woop woop….” a continuous melodic sound called me and I looked out the window to see this beautiful… Read More Birdlife of Moonee Beach
“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.” Margaret Atwood This week began with a full moon and ends tomorrow on the winter solstice (in the southern hemisphere) surely… Read More Full Moon Solstice Reflections at the Barefoot Beachstone Cafe
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”—Robert Louis Stevenson I was preparing to fly last Tuesday; cleaning, packing, planning , communicating and connecting, when this topic arrived in my head. So many of the aspects of travelling from place… Read More When Do You Become a ‘Seasoned’ Traveller?
“ I want to appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt” Virginia Satir” As I travel around the country, m lucky to experience living in different areas and often ponder on those things that make a place enjoyable and memorable .If you read the Australian papers, you… Read More Community
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss As I detailed in a previous post, in April I injured my back in a silly yet painful bike accident. For the first week or two, after consulting my g.p. and a physiotherapist I slowly… Read More Back to Normal
Its the 24th monthly instalment of Are The World Blogfest and this is my contribution. This week Canberra had its coldest day ever; the extremes of Climate Change are upon us and yet the right wing conservatives, our leaders, drag their dinosaur feet in accepting this fact and making necessary changes. But then, it is… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: The Art of Change
It’s officially winter on Saturday and yet Autumn has barely started. The falling of the leaves has commenced and many trees I suspect, will be bare by next week. Due to climate change the seasons have lost their conventional beginnings and completions, such markings of time and weather can no longer be depended upon. Such… Read More The Last Leaf
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