Australian memories part one

 Well I have been recording my memories. And they start here:

Christmas 2024

 Well just as a catch up. this was my Christmas message for this year:

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Christmas 2024

 

 

We are both very happy in our Cornwall family home.

All goes well with our eldest boy Joseph and his wife Bernadeta in Dubai.

Loveday is still working with the Washington Post. She is still based in Berlin but I think she may be moving soon. She seems to still be reporting from Damascus at the time of writing.

Sam has an interesting job. Sam still continues to head up the US based Research Services Bureau internationally. He and his partner Leigha are doing well.

Our grandchildren in Dubai are fine, Florence enjoys her riding and loves horses. Paloma has taken to the piano. And little Gabriel the youngest is into fast cars and dinosaurs.

William has just come back from Iraq and has been given the all clear from his cancer.

And as for me, I am very involved with the church in Ludgvan and still doing my Pilates on Zoom. Our little dog Indi remains a joy.

The news from the Middle East remains challenging and I am very concerned with what’s going on there. William continues to work with the Next Century Foundation. God grant that next year will be more peaceful than 2024. The world deserves a moment to catch its breath.

Here’s wishing you a joyous Christmas. Much much love from us all in Cornwall.

Xxx

Memories of Australia

 I hitchhiked round Australia, and have MS now. I am so glad that I did not have it before I started as I was able to travel in so many places that I wouldn’t been able to get to now, but could do then!

Travelling round Australia, I suppose we had the chance go to the South Pole. But we didn’t.

Sadly I was supposed to travel with a friend, and she was meant to go with me, but did not turn up; but I met Irene in the airport and she became a great friend.  We both worked at adjoining cattle stations in The Kimberlies in The Northern Territories. I got around by hitching lifts with the Flying Doctors. Later we lost touch but I saw her again by chance at a bus station and we finished the rest of the trip together.

At one point I was hitching in Western Australia and the car I was in had an accident and I was thrown out and landed on my head. They took me to hospital. Later we went to a pub and they were all talking about the girl who was thrown out of the car and that was me. Anyway I lived to tell the tale.

But then my father was not that well, so we thought we should go home

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Fighting back in the Amazon

Some are making a difference including:

• Nemonte in Ecuador

Amazonian indigenous activist, Nemonte Nenquimo, is living proof that a modern-day “David and Goliath” story is possible. When the Ecuadorian government announced it was going to auction off indigenous land to the highest bidder in the oil industry, Nemonte unified and led her people, the Waorani Nation, to victory in a landmark ruling, protecting 500,000 acres of rainforest from oil exploration and drilling. The lawsuit will go down in history as setting a precedent that indigenous peoples have the right to decide the fate of their territory. TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE

Bolsonaro destroys the Amazon

Have just heard that Bolsonaro has taken Yanomani prisoners in the Amazon forests. The loggers came across a lady her daughter aged three, raped both and flung them both into the river. Bolsonaro was claiming that the tribes of the area would be respected and protected.

Two investigators have been murdered whilst doing their work in that area. My heart goes out to all those in the Amazon jungle who are being betrayed by this unscrupulous man.

Concern About The Taliban Taking over Afghanistan and how it is effecting women and girls.

We made a huge mistake trying to influence from afar and from our own mistakes who should govern Afghanistan. The Taliban are ignoring the Female students and workers and are ignoring the female workforce.

Organophosphates

We had a farm in South Wales and Sheep dipping in Organophosphates each year and I believe that working with the sheep in this dip started off the MS which I have and I have heard that some farmers have taken there own lives because of this. Something should be done and there needs to be an enquiry so the public can have their say. 

With me this started twenty-five years ago and I have a friend who is allergic to Round Up and this causes her huge problems .

I believe that this poison in this year of the cleaning the planet and saving different species must be foremost in our minds.

For our children and Grandchildren we are stewards of the Planet and should keep it safe for them. Unfortunately we have not made a good start.