Tag: Australia

  • What a BeheMoth!

    Meet the Giant Wood Moth.

  • The World’s Longest Creature

    Nope. It’s not a whale.

  • Finally, a Feel-Good Story from the Australian Fires

    It’s the people already giving 110 percent who step up.

  • Mid-Month Marvels: Knits for Nature

    Who doesn’t love a penguin in a sweater?

  • Why Uluru Is Still on My Bucket List

    There are so many ways to experience this place.

  • 10 Day Album Challenge #5: Stella Donnelly, Beware of the Dogs

    Stella speaks her truth softly, so people will actually listen.

  • Exploring Vancouver: Fireworks without the Patriotism

    I absolutely love fireworks. I think of it as art, writ large. Light is the paint and the sky is the canvas. It’s the purest form of joyously explosive creativity. That’s why the 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays here in the US. So when I heard of the annual Celebration of…

  • The Nullarbor Nymph

    It’s funny what you can come across on the internet when you go from link to link, allowing the cyber highway to take you where it will. It’s even funnier, apparently, what capers you can come up with when you are sitting in a hotel bar in a little town, population 8, in the back…

  • On Making a Fool of Oneself

    I just watched a short Youtube video about a guy in Perth, Australia who likes to start impromptu dance parties with strangers on trains. What fun! Before long, most everyone on the train is getting their groove on, and I’m sure they all have smiles on their faces for the rest of the day. I…

  • Avoidance Practices

    I used to date someone long ago whose mother was… well… weird. And by that I mean really, really odd. Her concept of reality was so skewed that you never knew where she was coming from. Her children used to make fun of her behind her back, which made me extremely uncomfortable, but I tried…