Well that’s over for another year. Thank the Goddess! I’ve been beating my head against a brick wall about Halloween for years and now a few friends have been asking on social media why so many people in Australia get bent out of shape about Halloween. “It’s just a bit of fun”. For my answer…
Author: gaiaswisdom
Does it matter?
Can someone please explain to me why, when my daughter says “We shouldn’t really be recognising Halloween now” she’s told “It doesn’t matter”? Why doesn’t it matter? If we said it’s not important to recognise Hanukkah in December or Christmas on December 25 could you imagine the backlash? But when a pagan child in the…
Any future for koalas?
It was recently reported in the Queensland press that statistics from Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, Moggill Koala Hospital and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Hospital reveal 1760 koalas were taken to wildlife hospitals in the southeast corner of Queensland in the 16 months to May (that averages out to a staggering 110 koalas a month!!). More than…
Plantain
I was so proud of myself the other day to recognise (growing wild) near our river Plantago lanceolata (narrow-leaved plantain / Ribwort). I’ve never been able to confidently recognise anything other than dandelion before! But every time I saw this plant something inside said “That’s plantain”. I’ve seen this plant ever since I was a…