I recall being lectured in Economics II back in the early 60’s on Monetary policy and its usefulness in helping to control or manage the economy. Our lecturer at the time told us not to concern ourselves with studying this in depth since no government in their right mind would ever consider using such […]

Looking at my email this morning I saw this strange message: “There are no new messages on the server.” This normally appears AFTER I have dealt with around 10 or 12 emails - the vast majority of which want to sell me some subscription to a scheme that can pour money into my […]

If we’re lucky the legislation to impose mandatory filtering on internet providers may not actually get through this parliamentary term and be abandoned.

On a recent interview our esteemed Treasurer, Mr. Swan, appeared quite ludicrous in his
frantic attempts to avoid having to even say the word DEFICIT. Honestly you would think he was being asked to say something vile and obscene. The weak excuse given to the interviewer, Kerry O’Brien, was that even whispering […]

Can we accept the message that Gaia is sending us about her state of health and what needs to be done if we ourselves are not to be shown as little more than a footnote in galactic archeology as the instigators of her death by poisoning and asphyxiation? Is this to be […]

A fascinating news item in a specialist TV program on ABC TV last week held out a very pleasing prospect which could prove a major weapon in the world’s struggle to slow down the pace of global warming - or more particularly the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
In the City of […]

Don’t be fooled by me , by the face I present
For I wear a mask from a large array.
A different mask for each new event,
Depending on whom I meet each day.
Mask number one is a favourite of mine -
Secure, confident, calm and contained;
Need no one, in command all the time.
Don’t believe me please its […]

I was roused today - perceptions stirred,
By an old, black crow who greeted me
with sly chuckle and cheeky grin in his wide brown eye.
White plastic bag of treasure? clutched in his powerful beak.
“Something good?” I called.
Flapping off - “Worth a grab and a peek”.
A peek at tired grey fences - […]

THE TREE’S JOURNEY
Once upon a time a young tree started on a […]

TO MY FAMILY
Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I and You are You.
Whatever we were to each other that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak of […]