Tag Archives: Humanity

The clock ticks…

Posted on March 4, 2015 by

Away from home the clock ticks for two men, guilty men, they don’t deny mistakes they’ve made, big mistakes ten years ago.   Soon they will have no chance to further show remorse to live another way, to make up even slightly … Continue reading →

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An act of kindness

Posted on February 15, 2015 by

A couple of weeks ago my friend’s Mum died at age ninety-nine. Now, no-one can deny that living for ninety-nine years wasn’t a mighty effort. Of course, for the family there was sadness but it was also a time for remembering and reminiscing. However, there … Continue reading →

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What price, a life?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by

I’m sad, distracted and personally distressed. Two young Australian men are on death row in an Indonesian jail and it seems there is nothing that can be done about it. I know the prisoners concerned are drug traffickers and I’m not excusing those … Continue reading →

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Old Man in the Night

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

In two thousand and eight I took a taxi from a city hotel to the airport in the early hours of the morning. As the car veered toward the edge of the city I noticed an old man walking under bright … Continue reading →

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