Supposedly we have to call a climate emergency. Though what does adding that “E” word to things actually do? Would you believe absolutely nothing. If it does nothing, is there any point to calling it an

The more often we are tempted by gastronomic pleasure, the greater the danger it presents. And, indeed, at each meal, there is no one chance for making a mistake, but several. ~ Musonius Rufus (Lectures

Is something that my grandfather always told me. As a tall kid, I did have a tendency to slouch. Still being tall, it is something that I need to remind myself to do when sitting down. (Yes, I know, I

People… they don’t write anymore, they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that. ~ Hank Moody (Californication s1ep4 - “Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser“)

:a person, animal, or object adopted by a group as a symbolic figure especially to bring them good luck ~ Merrian-Webster definition of “mascot” Something I have been thinking about recently is having

How many of us feel the need to prove ourselves in one way or another? Most of the time it is to other people. Though what does it take to prove yourself? And does it actually achieve anything? If I prove

With my son getting to the age now where it is time to think about what school he will go to, I have been wondering more about home education. Reading an article that says the working hours of Australian

Yesterday it was 6 months ago that our family cat Socrates died. Remembering back to the time that we spent with him, I have been thinking about others in similar situations. Last month, Jason Steger wrote

Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to inside their minds. ~ Marcus Aurelius (Meditations 6.53) Think about this one for a minute. How many of us listen to what people say to understand

Does a god exist? Personally, I don’t think we should be asking that question. The more important one is “What if there isn’t a god?” I think we should all be living like one, or a few, do exist. If there

Does a god exist? Personally, I don’t think we should be asking that question. The more important one is “What if there isn’t a god?” I think we should all be living like one, or a few, do exist. If there

Yet the sad reality is that there are fewer and fewer of us every day. It wasn’t that long ago that we believed in a God. We believed in our politicians. Most of us believed in something. Our politicians

Last I set myself a goal of publishing a blog post every day for the next 12 months. While it was easy to write and post something for the first week or two, last week I wasn’t able to write anything.

Should vegans be boycotting Daiya cheese now that the company that makes it has been bought by the pharmaceutical company Otsuka? Petitions are being circulated. Facebook posses are being organised. And

Hardly a day goes by where there isn’t some sort of commentary about how bad unions are, and why they are the worst thing to hit Australian businesses since the removal of slave labour. Fortunately for

Hello all, As this is my first post on steemit, I thought that it might be useful to write one introducing myself, and what some of the posts I write will be about. To begin with, I am vegan, and have