Prophets of hope beginning right now
Growing up in Proserpine was a simple thing. The big questions of my life were few. Could I get twenty coconuts pealed in time for… Read More »Prophets of hope beginning right now
Growing up in Proserpine was a simple thing. The big questions of my life were few. Could I get twenty coconuts pealed in time for… Read More »Prophets of hope beginning right now
Voice: Part 3 In October I will be voting ‘Yes!’ I have had the most privileged of lives. I am so lucky. I am loved… Read More »nation to be proud of, gift to our children’s children.
Voice: Part 2 In October I will be voting ‘Yes!’ “Pricey you’re speaking a lot of crap!” My reaction, so often, when people challenge me… Read More »Life beyond fear and guilt
Voice: Part 1 In October I will be voting ‘Yes!’ I suppose over forty years of teaching I have learnt something about people. I have… Read More »We all long to be heard
We all have those moments in life we cannot nor should forget. As a teacher I have only cried in front of my students on… Read More »The doorway to mana – drawing lines in the sand
Over the past three years I have had the privilege of working with a group called, “Un-Other”. Un-Other works on the belief that the other… Read More »Un the Other to the friend beyond the label
I have a lot of bug bears: those things that annoy you. As I walk the overweight person riding a motorised scooter flies past me… Read More »Beyond the tinsel to ‘real’ reality
Rarely have I needed courage with a capital ‘C’ – that big Courage to run into a burning building to save a child, to front… Read More »courage
I took the road less travelled by and that made all the difference! Robert Frost I love story. Two stories that I used often as… Read More »Hop hop hippity-hop
One of my good friends is Principal of a large school. He affectionately calls me Br Lamington – at least I think it is affectionally.… Read More »Dad