When governments and big corporations seem determined to destroy the environment, how do we teach our children to care for the Earth and all that she gives us? I count myself lucky to work with young minds. In my creative writing sessions, I plant tiny seeds of awareness—seeds that, I hope, will grow into deep-rooted…
Read moreI Hate the Human Race, But I Don’t Hate All Humans
There are days I want to scream. Days I feel so alien in this world that I wonder if I was ever meant to be part of this species at all. Because if the human race is what we’ve become, then I want no part of it. Let me be clear—I don’t hate all humans….
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She looked down at the coffin, and then at the mourners around; the friends, family, neighbours who had all come to console her in her grief. She looked at them as if through a veil, from somewhere far, far away. She could barely take it in. He lay in the coffin, still and dead, helpless,…
Read moreWorld Poetry Day 2025
Today is World Poetry Day, and the theme for this year is “Poetry as a bridge for peace and inclusion”. I think this is a wonderful theme and something that is so needed in the world right now. Everywhere you look, everything you read, all you hear around you, is hate hate hate; anger, anger,…
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