Once again, the Mediterranean has claimed the lives of 700, yes SEVEN HUNDRED, immigrants as they attempted to reach Europe with dreams of a better chance for their future. Continue reading
Enough with the rhetoric
Month: April 2015
Humanity – a reminder
African lives matter.
Bonus track.
What does it take to make this world a better place?
WARNING: Graphic image follows
Today my thoughts found themselves focused on women, on what it means to be a woman, on how women live, on the challenges we face which can be the same or different to those faced by men. And on how every little step we (both men and women) make and take can be a move toward a better world. Continue reading
Photospiration
Photo taken using Samsung Galaxy Note from the car window, pointing backwards, while stuck in traffic.
The magical isle of Gozo
I’ve just returned from a wonderfully serene day in Gozo which, considering we had a two year old along for the ride, is saying a lot.
The verdant hills, the sparkling clear blue waters, all contributed to allow us to forget the horrid result of yesterday’s referendum. So imagine my shock on learning that without the Gozitan votes, spring hunting would have been banned in Malta! Talk about irony… Continue reading
A sad sad day for this island rock
I’m sitting here, in utter and total disbelief, hoping against hope that I will be able to archive this post before publishing it.
It pains me beyond belief to learn that the majority of my countryfolk, those who bothered to vote that is, have chosen to defend an outdated right practice that goes against the principles of conservation and sustainability in a world which is moving steadily to the brink. Continue reading
The waters of the Mediterranean are stained red.
Do you believe in coincidences? I don’t know if I do or don’t, but if I did, today was a day full of them! So much so, it got me thinking that I really had to write this post about something which is so important to me that it’s actually surprising I didn’t write about it earlier… Continue reading
Photospiration
This is what the artist had to say about his work:
My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined.
Day of reflection
I’ve only just learnt about this extraordinary human being that was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, today being the 70th anniversary of his execution. This quote seemed particularly apt today.
whatever Mia thinks 