Why not try a stint of creative homelessness and open your eyes to the reasons why. — “Like you, I know people who drink, people who do drugs, and bosses who have tantrums and treat their subordinates like dirt. They all have good jobs. Were they to become homeless, some of them would surely also become ‘alcoholics,’ ‘addicts,’ or ‘mentally ill.” I was speaking with my cousin…

Last night when watching Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, an opera singer, and member of the stolen generation on television, I was reminded of this gut-wrenching story. — This story is not about Canberra and parliamentary undertakings, but it is a story that touches by default on The Voice, an initiative that hopefully will bring better and more fair conditions for our First Nation people. If it doesn’t happen now…I doubt it ever will.

Wait! Does he HAVE a back pocket? Does he need one? Does he ever need one? Will he ever need one? — “In 2020/21, around one in five people in the UK (20%) were in poverty — 13.4 million people. Of these, 7.9 million were working-age adults, 3.9 million were children and 1.7 million were pensioners. Therefore, one in four children in the UK are living in poverty (27%).” Sobering statistics, and…

But we did…for reasons like, my hairdresser understands…he’s the best…because…and yet, lets face it, a head is a head. — You know the quote about investing in your hair because it’s the crown you never take off? Yes, that one! It must have been written by a hairdresser. And we women fell for it, hook, line and sinker. In some salons here in Ozland, some women pay upwards of $100…

An exciting opportunity at Australian National University In Canberra seemed perfect for Stasia and her husband — until things soured. — Much of Stasia Dabrowski’s young life was spent “fleeing the Ukrainian fascists’ ethnic cleansing campaign and for over two years the family — parents, two grandmothers and two daughters — shared a classroom in a disused school with three other families, subsisting on one meal a day. …

Twenty years in a high-security prison , based on circumstantial evidence that ‘proved’ her guilt…but now…science might prove otherwise. — “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” Imagine all you could do in twenty years. As a mother, or father, it might be raising children to relative maturity. Part of that time might be spent traveling with…

But if you said yes to the deal, would you sleep at night…ever? Would the money feel dirty in your hands? — I’m willing to bet there’s not one person reading this, who is worth 50 million dollars, in cold, hard cash. I personally have no interest in that sort of money. Wealth will always come at a cost, a cost to the environment in particular. Living in the 21st century brings…

As bailiffs pound on your door, fear engulfs you, and you hide beneath the stairs, holding each other tight. — Welcome to the world of Raynor and Moth Winn, an amazing couple, faced with homelessness and more. Though they’d prepared for the moment when they’d leave their home as best they could, there was no way they could never have imagined the terror that struck when the bailiffs came pounding…

Working as a lawyer by day, she lends vital support in her free time. This is how we can help her. — “Ukrainians don’t measure time in months or days. We measure it in lives lost.” Such are the sad words of a Ukrainian teenager. Rachel is the ‘Director of Safe Passage 4 Ukraine sp4ukraine.org and protectavolunteer.com which are both organizations that help foreign military volunteers in Ukraine.’

Once upon a time it was a one-day event, then it expanded to one week, and now, it lasts one month. YAY! — Women’s History Month was initially just International Women’s Day, a day that commemorated the Feb. 28 meeting of socialists and suffragists in Manhattan in 1909. One day? Come on! Hi writers and readers at Everything Fun. Just for clarity, this is an invitation for both males and females to contribute…

Three anyone? Two? Thought so. There’s a not-so-pretty reason for this… — One of the hardest things to do, is to break through the rules of certain male-dominated clubs. These clubs are institutions and they serve a purpose or goal, often to promote males in their professions. Whenever male groups gather in numbers, women tend to avoid them, but one courageous scientist…

But what about Ada Lovelace? — Here’s a question for you. What does computer programming and poetry have in common? If you answered, absolutely nothing, you would be for the most part, correct, except that, Ada Lovelace, who wrote and published the very first computer program, was the daughter of “George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron…

But excitement turned immediately to horror and disbelief as tragedy occurred before the world’s eyes… — It was 1986. America was excited. People all over the world were excited. This would be the first American teacher and civilian, in space. Chosen from 11,000 teachers Christa McAuliffe was delighted to be the winner. Imagine the excitement among her students, her children, husband and family. This one chance…

Time to clean up for the environment’s sake… —

When we can’t house our vulnerable and homeless… —

Just long enough to touch the ground, and yet… — This little story was inspired by Mary Chang Story Writer this morning. It was meant to follow on from her personal March prompt, ‘movement’. Mary and I are on the same page on certain things, like exercising till we cark it, and so, after reading her March story, I thought…

Yet she never apportioned blame, typical of the empathetic human she was. — When my mother mooted the idea that she and Dad should migrate to Australia, I was less-than-positive. I felt she was too old to leave a country she had grown up in, to leave her family and friends, even to leave behind the hellish weather that put her on edge…

I loved school. I was confident, had fun, and made lots of friends, so why was I often on edge, wondering, hedging, and waiting for the next explosion? He didn’t deserve my discretion. — I haven’t thought too much about my early school years, to be honest. They seem so long ago, they ARE long ago, but I recently, read this post by Salsam, which was commented on by Darren Weir, and memories came flooding back…lots of memories, sadly not all good.

Huge amounts of money doled out for wedding bookings, and high-end dinner vouchers emailed to an unsuspecting public, unwittingly screwed. — It’s probably not the best time to be writing. I’m angry. I have shed tears…tears of anger for myself initially, but more for the young people who have lost much more money than we have…try $17 000 in one case. I’ve tried to get into the minds of the business…

Whose idea was it to compromise even more, the desperately poor among you? You ratbags! Meantime, bet you’re all sleeping soundly at night, toasty warm and snug as bugs in rugs — Let me ask you a question. Was there ever a time when you felt you couldn’t pay a bill? It’s a frightening thought, is it not, knowing they’re coming after you. Many poor people have been there, many young people too. It’s not a good feeling.