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The Handless Maiden
I'm about to leave town...going back to the US for many reasons. The main reason is to spend time in my beautiful high-desert homeland in New Mexico with…
Growing from Stress to Strength
I remember reading a poem at a friend’s house when I was a little girl. It was framed and hung in their downstairs loo. I…
When the Guns Become Silent
The longest wars of history did see their flags of white. Ours will not be different. The smell of cordite will drift away and the dust will settle. The ones…
Frightful Witches and Kissable Toads
How folktales nourish the soul
One day Baba Yaga’s two trusted toads said,
‘You are truly…
Solving a Problem at School
It happens to all of us at some time, we have a problem with the school and we don’t seem to be getting anywhere. This applies…
Revealing the Ancient Art of Belly-dance as a Tool for Natural Childbirth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EofBImVbxWQ&feature=related
Excerpt from Bellydance for Birth
‘A Bedouin Arab girl learns a pelvic dance…
From Harry Potter to Pot
Published as part of ‘Raising Drug-Free Kids’ Sept ’08, Issue 27.
Children are at home in…
Women as a Battlefield
No article of clothing so controversially evokes hostility and revulsion in Western societies as the headscarf, or hijab, worn by many Muslim women.…
Growing a Community
From Caloundra to Collingwood, from Brisbane to Bega and over to Adelaide and Perth, community gardens are sprouting in Australia’s cities and…
Passion for the School Kitchen Garden
The year our youngest child started at Foster Primary School in South Gippsland was my introduction to school kitchen gardens.
I wanted to volunteer some of…