Over 50 bushfires have been burning for the past three weeks along thecoast from Sydney tothe north of Noosa in Queensland.The news has been consistently stark and depressing to read and watch. People have lost their lives, homes, livelihoods. The devestation to the wildlife population is extreme and especially impacting the Koala habitat around Port… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: A Good News Bushfire Story
“For the apparel oft proclaims the man” Said Shakespeare so perspicaciously – and we all know its true. Just about all of us, either when feeling slightly low or deeply depressed, reach for a different outfit or look to add an uplifting touch to our wardrobe. That’s why I love this good news story about… Read More WeAreTheWorld Blogfest: A Change of Clothes Can Change the Mind
Its that time of the month when we bloggers share positive stories of humanity to offset the miasma of negativity which pervades our world. I chose this story of a resilient Koala and the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital because I am familiar with the area and the good work those volunteers do in protecting our… Read More WeAreTheWorld Blogfest: The Resilient Koala
The Grenfell Tower fire in England was a horrific event in which residents lost lives, homes, possesions friends and family members. We now know from a later inquiry, that the fire was an avoidable fiasco caused by systemic neglect and incompetence. You could say that it revealed the dark side humanity. But as we WATWB… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: Healing hearts after the fire
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
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 the The 23rd #WATWB and cohosts for this month are: Shilpa Garg, Inderpreet Uppal, Peter Nena, Lizbeth Hartz, Eric Lahti. This week in Australia we had the Anzac Day holiday just after Easter. At its best its a time of rembrance of the personal stories of the men and women who fought in past… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: Healing War Wounds
Yesterday Adelaide was the hotest city in the world. The city reached its highest temperature ever of 46.2 degrees.Elsewhere around Australia, the relentless heatwave continues. While the emphasis is always on we humans, how does it affect animals, wild and domesticated, who have higher body temperatures than us? It’s those small acts of compassion which… Read More WeAreTheWorldBlogfest: One Small Act of Compassion
I often wonder why Australia is so cruel to Asylum Seekers when so many of them want to contribute to the Australian way of life. I saw this young woman interviewed on the ABC’s 7.30 report and thought “Wow!What an amazing person” Soumi and her family fled the terrors in her Sri Lankan homeland and… Read More WATB#WeAreTheWorldBlogfest:An Unstoppable, Radiant Light
Each month I participate in a wonderful blogfest called WeAreTheWorld (#WATWB) which seeks 6o bring positive stories higlighting the goodness and not the shadow side of humanity. This month the cohosts are Eric Lahti,Inderpreet Uppal,Shilpa Garg, Mary Giese and Roshan Radhakrishnan Please visit them for more great WATWB stories. We live in a society in… Read More WeAreTheWorld Blogfest: For the love of the Unwanted
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