There’s been some focus of late on racism – it’s very topical right now. I was listening to Jane Elliott on Radio National recently discussing her blue eyes/brown eyes exercise which is used to expose prejudice and bigotry as being based on purely arbitrary factors. Which of course it is. Whilst I disagreed fundamentally with [...]

This post came from a comment that was made on my Symbols and Labels post from earlier this month. The commenter asked ‘One thing I don’t get is how is everything related‘. What follows is my take on connectedness or relatedness. The idea of the connectedness of all things is not new and something that [...]

It’s May 1 – Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere (with Beltane or May Day being celebrated in the north). Samhain is celebrated in the north October 31-November 1  – you might know it best as Halloween. Well, here in the southern hemisphere, the Wheel turns and the earth descends into slumber on May 1 as [...]