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Female ALP Leaders Handed Poison Chalices
Reading commentators from Australia’s right wing biased, News Corp, newspapers, one would think that PM Julia Gillard had been handed a dream run when accepting the opportunity to topple Kevin Rudd, back in 2010. But these commentators readily forget how “on the nose” Rudd was by this time, after an extended honeymoon period at the […]
Popular Pursuits on the Sunshine Coast – Cooking Classes
May 24, 2012
Cooking classes have become a new “must do thing” on the sunshine coast, as tourists and locals alike include at least one cooking lesson on their recreational itinerary. The Sacred Chef, of Maleny, thinks that it is part of a new trend away from passive consumerism toward active participation. He states, “why be a consumer when […]
Why We Eat What We Eat
January 24, 2012
As a cooking teacher, who regularly meets people through my cooking classes, here on the sunshine coast, I get to see what a cross-section of society likes to eat and feels comfortable with on their plate. It is interesting to observe shared traits amongst the groups of people, who pass through my cooking school, and it […]
Polymath
August 13, 2011
Having multiple talents and pursuing them in the marketplace, is it a blessing or a curse? I have a number of interests and have invested time in each of them and have achieved a level of proficiency in several of these pursuits. Does this entitle me to express these in the marketplace as vocations or […]
Kitchen gods and the sacrifice
August 12, 2011
Excerpt from – House Therapy – Discovering who you really are at home! By Sudha Hamilton House Therapy is Sudha’s soon to be published new book. The Kitchen The Ancient Greeks, who gave us many of the founding principles upon which we base our modern societies – democracy; logic; philosophy; literature and poetry to […]
One God
May 4, 2011
Today in the harsh daylight of our overcrowded cities, in developed nations around the globe, we are encouraged to worship only one god, the holy dollar. People are rushing about in their cars, and on public transport, to reach their destinations, their places of work and of investment, where labour and lead may be turned […]
What is being human?
April 20, 2011
Our Posthuman Future – Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution By Francis Fukuyama Profile Books, 2003. Book Review A disturbing orange cover, with a picture of what looks like a conveyer belt full of robotic looking babies stretching into infinity, possibly delayed my reading of this brilliant book. Its publication date accidentally synchronised with the birth […]
Do you ever long for certainty?
March 17, 2011
Do you ever long for certainty? Do you wish that you had a direct line to God, especially during those times when you are really unsure about what direction to take in your life? Would you like to be able to reach deep inside yourself and just know the right answer? Well according to the […]
Gandhi
March 11, 2011
I enjoyed the opening installment of the program on Gandhi, currently showing on the ABC Monday’s at 7.30pm. It traced his roots to his birth town in India and looked at the early influences on his life. There is a tendency in us all, I think, to see great historical figures as ready-made and cardboard […]
Suicide Rates in Australia
March 10, 2011
I read with interest a recent report into suicide, published in The Australian newspaper, where it was declared that the rate of annual suicide in Australia is now well over that of road deaths. It was, I think, a feature written with the intent to ring a few alarm bells in this country, amongst leaders […]
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