Category: cultural attitudes

MOTHE’S DAY MAKES ME CRY

It is MOTHERS DAY in Australia Mother’s day was originally to celebrate the mother goddess When the Romans introduced Christianity they could not get rid of the pagan festivals so every church festival was originally  a pagan festival I do not object to those… Continue Reading “MOTHE’S DAY MAKES ME CRY”

POPULATION

When I was growing up the population of the whole of Australia was 9 million And the majority lived in the eastern states The suburbs in South Australia were basically small country towns We moved from Northfield to Salisbury Which still had horse troughs… Continue Reading “POPULATION”

AHIMSA

I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters I Have fed the local birds ever since I moved here Mindless automatons tell me… Continue Reading “AHIMSA”

AHIMSA

I tried my best to practice ahimsa before I was aware of this word/concept Impossible in a culture that believes only humans have a soul and only money matters I Have fed the local birds ever since I moved here Mindless automatons tell me… Continue Reading “AHIMSA”

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

It is decades since I read Robert Heinlein’s “STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND” This isn’t a critique on the novel — I just wanted to use the title I spent an half century wishing I fitted in to our culture but in my old… Continue Reading “STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND”

POPULATION

When I was growing up the population of the whole of Australia was 9million And the majority lived in the eastern states The suburbs in South Australia were basically small country towns We moved from Northfield to Salisbury Which still had horse troughs in… Continue Reading “POPULATION”

POPULATION

When I was growing up the population of the whole of Australia was 9million And the majority lived in the eastern states The suburbs in South Australia were basically small country towns We moved from Northfield to Salisbury Which still had horse troughs in… Continue Reading “POPULATION”

CULTURAL ATTITUDES

I am watching “Woman Walks Ahead” Excellent movie I didn’t conform to the status quo When racism homophobia and women having no rights or status was the norm Although this has changed legally Attitudes prevail

WOMENS RIGHTS

Someone recently said to me that women still dont have equal rights to which I replied –but they are much better than they were in my day In the 1960’s  my boyfriend drove to the middle of nowhere late at night Parked his fj… Continue Reading “WOMENS RIGHTS”

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

It is decades since I read Robert Heinlein’s “STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND” This isn’t a critique on the novel — I just wanted to use the title I spent an half century wishing I fitted in to our culture but in my old… Continue Reading “STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND”