Stolen generation

by | Aug 1, 2007 | Uncategorized

Just heard on NPR that a South Aus­tralian man has received almost half a mil­lion dol­lars com­pens­a­tion from the State gov­ern­ment for his treat­ment as a child (being stolen from his family and handed to whites to raise; it’s a common story...

Passing inspirations & observations

by | Aug 1, 2007 | Uncategorized

I’ve been watch­ing the Haneef case in Aus­tralia of course. Too depressed about it to want to look at it, given that I’m unable to do much about it from here. I may get around to doing a brief sum­mary for those Amer­ican read­ers who haven’t been watch­ing...
Protected: Utopian thinking

That’s more like old times

by | Jul 30, 2007 | Uncategorized

Well, this week­end did resemble a more *me* kind of a week­end. Yes­ter­day, I spent most of the day clean­ing the house from top to bottom with great music blar­ing, which was ener­giz­ing and ter­rific. One slight hiccup, but that’s OK; solved that...
Ah, retail therapy

Ah, retail therapy

by | Jul 26, 2007 | Uncategorized

Most of you prob­ably don’t know, but I have enorm­ous feet. Mum nick­named me “anthrax” in utero, saying that if I had Dad’s feet and her mouth, I’d have foot and mouth disease.It’s impossible to find a size 11 1⁄2 to 12 in a women’s shoe and...