I Have Sold My Conscience

Originally posted on Ærchies Archive – Digital Detritus:
I was once a proud Australian. Then I took part in an electoral process which led to tony abbott becoming Prime Minister. tony abbott, who began by lying about something his predecessor said and who, after his election, continued to lie about everything he said and ignore…

The Blackguard is Official

Originally posted on Ben Garrido's Author Page:
My mother, Kathy Garrido, holds the first ever physical copy of The Blackguard. Eleven years, thousands of hours and enough time grimacing at mutilated notebooks to scare off an entire congregation of nice old ladies. The Blackguard, my first novel, that monster collection of revisions and one-more-things…

How We Stole Australia – Thoughtful on Tuesday

Greeting fellow bloggers here in Australia and from across the pond.  I thought that in the spirit of National Reconciliation Week here in the land of Oz I’d take us on a little history tour back to the reason why saying Sorry doesn’t really quite cover it.  To understand how the situation here in Australia came to …

Wake up and smell the stinkweed

Originally posted on helen meikle's scribblefest:
However much designer rhetoric you may use to package it, elitism by any other name still smells like stinkweed to most Australians, and the smell after last week’s budget was overpowering. Perhaps this attitude is a legacy of our early DNA: the indigenous people that nobody respected or…

An Amazing Award Winning Poem by African Child

Originally posted on tyagi2ankur:
when i born i black when i grown up i black when i go in sun i black when i scared i black when i sick i black when i die i still black but you white fellows when u born u pink when u grown up u white when…

The Race Around the World: Behind the Scenes

I took part in Holistic Wayfarer’s Race around the World [which is still running] and this is an intermission catch-up for those of us who’ve participated so far. You should check out the other Race posts are they are truly fascinating. A Holistic Journey So I’m taking a breather, slowing my pace, taking stock. Behind …