After my father’s funeral I spoke to the family and friends who had gathered to show their respect and support. “If my father was here today” I began “he would say that people are dying who have never died before”. It felt fitting to start with one of the many Ralphisms that have organically enteredContinue reading “Squeeze the Toothpaste from the Bottom”
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Black Holes & Never Again
Yesterday I had the privilege of testing my 22 year old son on some material for an Indigenous Astronomy course that he is doing. He is a very driven, busy young man, he lives away from home and knows a lot more about a lot of things than I do (or so I’m told). ForContinue reading “Black Holes & Never Again”
In her bed
On Saturday afternoons I would go with my father to visit his parents. Sometimes my brother came with us. My dad went every week, even when we couldn’t go and my mom never did. We entered their property through a side gate which my dad would unlatch, passed through the cactus filled garden (the windContinue reading “In her bed”
#livingmybestlife
Have you noticed that suddenly everyone around you is living their best life? Initially I was quite cynical (even scathing) about the latest hashtag to flood the social media world. Once I saw it, I kept seeing it. It popped up in conversation and its overuse made it sound superficial and insincere. Until it happenedContinue reading “#livingmybestlife”
Camel Toes and Freedom
Suddenly it is that time of year again when we are inundated by eggs (chocolate and boiled) and a mixed bunch of bunnies, frogs, insects and wild animals. It is the time when we once again are reminded about resilience and rebirth and the quest for inner freedom. Through retold stories we remember a 40Continue reading “Camel Toes and Freedom”
From Generation to Generation
Part of my (most) daily ritual includes running on the treadmill at the local gym. Lately the images that have flashed up on the overhead television screens have been of people trying to escape. Pictures of men, women and children fleeing war torn or water logged homes have flooded my vision. They are not limitedContinue reading “From Generation to Generation”
From A Distance
Do you ever think someone is watching you? Not in a sinister, voyeuristic sort of way but more like what would an independent observer see if they looked down (or up) at the world? At various junctures throughout my life, the thought of someone watching from above has popped into my head. I am notContinue reading “From A Distance”
Hope
The events of the last while have left me feeling quite hopeless. Hopeless, not as in inefficient and incapable of doing anything at all but incapable specifically of feeling hope. Being full of hope has always come naturally to me, even at times when I shouldn’t be. I still get hopeful that the tide willContinue reading “Hope”
And Just Like That
If this story was a television series, most would classify it as adventure or drama. For me, it is also a love story. Since the start of the pandemic and with increasing intensity over the past 20 long months, I have waited for the day that our borders would open and I could board aContinue reading “And Just Like That”
Thank you for the Music
There are people who can bend spoons with their thoughts and others that can move or contort their bodies at speeds or in shapes never seen before. My self-proclaimed superpower is somewhat simpler and less showy. I can remember songs. I don’t mean that I remember every word of a song or even the exactContinue reading “Thank you for the Music”
In My Head 