So, David Hicks is back in Aus­tralia (I won’t use ‘home’ because the con­nota­tions of safety and com­fort do not apply to his con­tin­ued sol­it­ary con­fine­ment in a prison cell some­where in Adelaide). I find the word “free­dom” used to describe his...

Argh! The US on climate change

I have huge prob­lems with the idea of the G8. I don’t think there should be a ruling class like this making decisions for the rest of us. But when those decisions are good things, like rein­ing in the run­away idiocy of their cor­por­a­tions and trying to...
FireDrums 2007

FireDrums 2007

Over the week­end, we went to Big Basin State Forest for Fire­Drums V. It was a magical week­end, mys­tical and wild, even if it was emo­tion­ally drain­ing at times. I lit my poi for the first time ever and Doug and I did a quiet little Beltaine...