Look out for me

Not sure whether womazzle will continue.  Google seems bent on making access to it difficult.  

I will try to keep the site open, but this might just be my last post for now.   

I will be around though.  Somewhere.  

Look out for far out bits and pieces about this world and the one to come...

... IF.

Coat of Rock

Lea had a dream the other night after we had returned home from a mountain hike with my parents and she told me about it the following day.  It was a continuation of the hike only that in her dream I chose to take extra risks while trying to reach the top by jumping over deep crevices and scaling up steep mountain sides.  Everyone else played it safe by sticking to the trail.  Each time I had successfully met my challenge, I was ceremoniously rewarded with a coat of rocks.  Gradually I came to wear this immensely thick armour of different coloured rock.  

I can relate to that somehow.... 

Standing Firm

After my level of cynicism threatened to reach a new peak, I am relieved to report that the High Court in London ordered that the eviction notice had to be withdrawn and the protector camp can remain in place until further notice.

As a celebratory gesture, trays of orange juice were delivered to the site together with other goodies and the mood swung to light on this sunny late September day.

How much does it take, though? How many to stand up against a few?

No Way Bobby!

In the kerfuffle that ensued at the site, the coppers clamped down and arrested our barde, Simon Welsh.  As he was bellowing the Fracking Anthem (by the same Simon Welsh), they came down on him - he didn’t have a fighting chance.  Poor guy, but where he left off an ad hoc mom’s choir took over.  

This clearly is not a one-man show.    

Holding the Fort

I am off to Balcombe again first thing in the morning. Despite the positive national and international press coverage and media attention it has received over the past seven weeks, the protest camp is suddenly under threat of eviction. Time and date: September 10th, 9am. 

So off I go, Jules with me - another day in the life of a home educating family.

The Summer of Simmer

It's been a great summer.  Not the kind I was expecting.  At least not just.  There were waves and sandy toes and camp fires, but the one most fulfilling thing that emerged in the past two months was something far more rippling.  

As the heat continued to roast this land and simmered it in its own sod, there was a gradual coming together of the different sized bits and pieces, like in the making of one steamy hot succulent stew.   

From amidst all the horror of drilling wells and cover ups, out of deep frustration and disenchantment grew, like a spring out of the rock, a fresh feeling of commitment and determination. 

In these past weeks, communities across the UK have moved closer together and what began as a three-mom show outside a small village in the South has grown into a full blown protest movement.  

Frack Off indeed !   

Fracked !

                                       

Fracking - the process of drilling deeper and deeper into the Earth and using more and more invasive methods of extracting methane gas from shale rock is symptomatic of the MALE approach to coping with fear: 

Impose yourself - control by all means - focus on ensuring survival of the species at all costs. 

 Frack!

Utopia Calling

Let us build a world where fearful men no longer make the rules and define the objectives, a world where the aggressive male has been reintegrated into a community of diverse and empathetic individuals in pursuit of their full potential.

Scared?

Women's Manifesto:

We admit that our situation in today’s world continues to be tenuous given that we are less willing or able to pursue an objective by threatening death and destruction. We realise that most men will agree that this is a good quality. We therefore will coordinate our efforts world wide to reach all levels of society, whether as Femmes Democrates or Feministas, to speak up against male rule, brutality, bias, double standards, exploitation, social injustice and environmental degradation. By joining efforts we will prevail over the aggressive male. For that we will open our ranks to men as listeners and contributors but we will not fall in the trap of seeking their approval by all means. We will be impervious to derision and slander. Men have erred for hundred of thousands of years, why should we get it all right from the onset. Easy and steady. It is safe to say that we cannot do worse than them.

Hope less

We can always hope for the best outcome but it would be naive to expect the best to come out in humans trying to hold on to power. Please join the effort to support the civil uprise against the Syrian regime. Do more and check out Avaaz.com !

Trouble is Good!

Michael Moore is looking a bit more tired these days. Like a much handled comic, he looks slightly frayed, creased and worn on the cover.. His eyes betray the years of trouble that followed his Oscar speech, when the blind masses turned on him. But is is good to know that trouble can be worth it and that there are always just enough people out there to appreciate it when someone takes on the ungrateful role of speaking up. His new book "Here comes Trouble" goes on the bookshelves tomorrow and I hope it will be a much handled item. Keep up the good work, Michael. I don't know how you do it, but keep going!!

And now...?

So what’s next? The western world seems to hesitate as if they didn’t want to spoil the sweetness of the moment. Twittering teenies taunting terrible tictators. In a way we all want to be part of it, support, embrace and empower...but then, what exactly do we expect to happen?

Of course, what we want to happen is democracy and free speech, market economy and stable oil prices, but how likely is that to happen? History has taught us after all that revolutions tend to bring forward the next strongman, the next silver back who leads the way, his way, the next loud mouth who knows how to rally the masses behind him.

I wonder what Obama is thinking these days. Has he placed his bet yet? It will be interesting to see what his next moves are.