Tag: Judith White

Optimism in a world of degradation

Apr 22, 2018

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in cooperatives, Inequality – Australia, optimism

Quality control I’ve been writing some brief biographies for an organisation and before I interviewed some of these high achievers, I wanted to note down some basic facts about them. So I nipped up to my local library, chained my bike and went inside to the Reference Section for Who’s Who. They’ve rearranged the library…
Changing lives – making lists and having fun

Dec 12, 2017

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in Christmans presents, libraries, List making

Why write? ‘It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by.’ I’ve quoted Vita Sackville West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West before but this bears repeating. Writing or any activity that produces something will prevent that feeling of empty past days. But it should also be remembered that Vita Sackville West probably had servants.…