Category Archives: social change

Tackling the ‘climate change’ dragon

Posted on June 3, 2014 by

What exactly do I believe about climate change? And why do I want to know? Lately I’ve found myself sometimes getting into a state of near panic when I think about it. Lurking in the background of my life these … Continue reading →

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Brave parents & the progress torch

Posted on January 10, 2014 by

I’ve just finished reading a special chapter in a special book* – and it still shimmers in my consciousness.   Chapter One – Dancing in the eye of the Storm – was written by Kathy Witterick, someone I’m proud to call … Continue reading →

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Notes from the blogosphere #2 (+ last!)

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

As the world-wide web becomes foreground, national borders become background.   Other languages recede, and English – the language that just happens to be in the right place at the right time in history – has become the most used language … Continue reading →

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Notes from the blogosphere #1

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

The process of blogging has been such a rich learning experience. It reminds me of wandering  through a forest.  At first, it is strange; we notice more over time, like the leaves turning when rain is coming.   Ever so subtly … Continue reading →

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Conversations in the blogosphere…

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

I often talk about blogging as a new form of worldwide conversation that most people haven’t yet recognized as such – and of course most of humanity are still not even able to access.   As one of my favourite fellow-bloggers … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, change, communication, computers, deafness, democracy, disabilities, globalization, Inclusion, Internet, modern life, old age, personal power, reflections, social change, voice recognition | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

Thinking about guns….

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

“There are lessons here on U.S. gun culture, and the risks inherent in allowing a prevalence of weapons that makes it easy for the deranged — as the killer must surely have been — to obtain them.”* “The deranged”.   How … Continue reading →

Posted in beliefs, education, guns, history, ignorance, massacres, mental illness, military, reflections, shootings, social change | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Occupy?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

In the sixties, computers like we have now hadn’t been invented.  They were a ‘futuristic’ concept.  Some of us dreamed that eventually there would be a computer on every desk in schools.  We thought computers would be used to create … Continue reading →

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