I’m not much of a one for writing short stories, but once in a while the world thrusts one at me and demands it be told. (I call these the Tales From Yr am Bythau, but that’s another post, not for today). The more recent of these demands was made of me two weeks ago […]
People ARE dying. Running reports can be found at the Guardian’s NewsBlog, and HERE, at Ko-Htike’s blog spot — one very brave person who continues, despite incredible personal danger, to tell the world what is happening.
Quote taken from the live chat box on Ko-htiks’s site a couple of minutes ago: komg: I see all from […]
In Burma, a group of the most peaceful, compassionate and unassuming human beings are being shot at for demonstrating against the violent regime running their country on bribes and hypocrisy. They have no weapons. The people supporting them have no weapons. Today and yesterday, there were shots fired at them, and still another news report […]
Two in a week.
I liked Colin. He was a people’s hero type of bloke. Yeah, he drove cars very quickly, lived a fast and dangerous life many can only dream of, but he seemed to be an okay guy.
The sadness in this case is that his five-year-old son also died with him. Too young to […]
I am truly saddened to hear of the death of Anita Roddick. She died yesterday of a massive brain haemorrhage aged only 64 years old.
This woman pioneered fair-trade, human rights, beauty without cruelty… All this and still she made a fortune. She worked for feminism by getting her hands dirty, by challenging the male-dominated world […]