This one is actually sent to me by an autie who gave me permission to blog it (and keep him anon). And although he suggests kangaroo mince, keep in mind that in Australia there are sometimes so many kangaroos that if not culled they can end up starving themselves out (hmm humans may do that one day!) .  For those of you who are vegetarian (as I mostly am these days) you could swap the kangaroo for mushrooms & pecans and if you’re kosher or vegetarian, skip the bacon.  Anyway, here goes: Read the rest of this entry »

  Sacha Vais, editor and founder of Irked Magazine, contacted me with an exciting interview opportunity.  I was to be their Melbourne correspondent covering the International Homeless World Cup which had come to Melbourne this week.  Here’s the scoop.

Not into sport?  What about culture, equality, spirituality, humanity?  What about being part of something inspirational, awesome, deeply human and drivingly purposeful?  The International Homeless World Cup 2008 is on this year in Melbourne.  Read the rest of this entry »

  I’m aware of some of the insanity out there on the web… suicide via media, anorexia worship, bullying people into suicide, abuse for notoriety, predators and their patronage, living room bomb makers.  Any of this could make censorship look important.  But there’s another side.  I received this in my email: Read the rest of this entry »

  “It is now five minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock, reflecting the fact that we are closer to assuring the obliteration of our species than we have been at any time since the early eighties. Read the rest of this entry »

  I was born in the 1960s, before the abolition of the White Australia Policy.  It was a shameful time of Anglo-Australians presuming themselves the First, the Real, Australians.  Read the rest of this entry »

  Some adults on the autism spectrum consider they would really like to help others on the autism spectrum and asked how I became an autism consultant.  Here’s the synopsis. Read the rest of this entry »

  Well, I started out doing quite classical work, as can be seen best in my life sized bronzes.  Then, being face blind and unable to ask people if I could please feel their faces so I could sculpt them, I began Read the rest of this entry »

  So many of the kindhearted, inspirational women on AWA are so wildly gifted, brilliant, highly intelligent.  Read the rest of this entry »

A 37 year old man named Tas Blizzard died this week when his car lost control on a slippery road and went into a dam. It’s always so sad when one of the shiny, sparkly, good people of the world dies young, or tragically, and Tas was one of those people. Read the rest of this entry »