“Isn’t nature wonderful,” wrote award-winning author Richard Glover after observing trees on his property. A fire burned through the bush surrounding his house after the eucalyptuses survived a long drought. When the rains returned, foam oozed from the burnt trunks. It washed onto the soil and flowed to nearby creeks. Chemicals in the foam containContinue reading “Old-Growth Forests”
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Aussies Roam to Gander Dinkum Animals
GLOSSARY: Gander: to look at. Dinkum: genuine. “I love a sunburnt country/a land of sweeping plains/of ragged mountain ranges/of droughts and flooding rains.” A well-known poem published by Dorothea Mackeller in 1911. It depicts a land of extremes, a country that has endured bushfires throughout the millennia. Fast forward one-hundred-and-nine years to find that sameContinue reading “Aussies Roam to Gander Dinkum Animals”
Meat Diet Threat as Climate Stews
A thick slab of beef browning in a skillet of oil could make way for braised quinoa or a tempeh confit. But don’t expect meat lovers to chain themselves to bridge pylons in protest. The conversion to a country of beany-boilers will arrive slowly, just as a warming climate crept unawares. Gone will be theContinue reading “Meat Diet Threat as Climate Stews”
What Does the Government See?
And doesn’t want you to know. An Asteroids of mass destruction Imagine a situation where an asteroid of similar dimensions to the one that ended the dinosaurs is on a collision path with the Earth. Someone in the government decides it best not to tell the public. Their reasoning is it would create undue panicContinue reading “What Does the Government See?”
Crime and Punishment
Punishment for crimes. In the early centuries, those who committed a crime against the community was regarded as offending the gods. The gods would vent their displeasure in the form of floods or famine. The Bible says, lex talionis or ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ It means punishment for the crimeContinue reading “Crime and Punishment”
When Police Ask A Witness
A television cop slams his or her hand on the table, looms over the suspect and shouts accusations. The withering suspect eventually confesses. High drama, great viewing, but is it how it really happens? Police want what happened and who done it? A look at how police talk to suspects and eye witnesses was instigatedContinue reading “When Police Ask A Witness”
We create a narrative for our lives. Some stories are good, others not so.
Self-talk or inner speech is an inner narrative which gives a voice to our thoughts while we are awake. Dramatists use a monologue to tell the audience what a character is thinking. They sometimes use it to share information with the audience. But what of the stories we tell ourselves? Why do we do itContinue reading “We create a narrative for our lives. Some stories are good, others not so.”
Seeing The Giant Mouse
I’m part way through a university course on Forensic Psychology. For those who don’t know and too afraid to ask, forensic psychology is the study of how we observe and recall detail, in particular, witnessing a crime. To give you an idea of how we see, a video showed a group of people in anContinue reading “Seeing The Giant Mouse”
If the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) doesn’t protect copyright nor is it required, then what does it do?
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Rumors and Royalty
Last weekend I visited the same part of Australia the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spending the day. The World Heritage listed Fraser Island is a place of natural beauty with long stretches of beaches and tumultuous rainforest. The national park which occupies most of the island is named K’gari, an aboriginal word meaningContinue reading “Rumors and Royalty”
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