Category Archives: Essay

Same- Sex Marriage and Marriage Equality

The following observations and ideas are intended for the Australian public and politicians who now find themselves in some kind of stalemate as to how to go about legalising same-sex marriage. The Turnbull government has promised a plebiscite, but the … Continue reading

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Are you a Galanthophile? Or perhaps a Lexophile?

~ Are you a Galanthophile? Or perhaps a Lexophile? “Oxford Dictionaries Online’s word of the day a few days ago (sign up here) was galanthophile, which means ‘a collector of, or expert in, snowdrops’, Galanthus being the genus name of … Continue reading

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The Power of Words

~ WE ARE ALL EQUAL (written in 2011) For this week’s challenge: write a personal essay, I was going to write about one of my departed dogs or cats, but I got quite emotional as soon as I started thinking … Continue reading

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