Monthly Archives: June 2018

I have this ball of fire in me that won’t let me quit. It’s my mum’s voice saying, ‘Don’t let this stop you’. Nina I am at the Kalamunda Farmer’s Markets in Perth early on a Sunday morning, and I have been introduced by my Mum to her local friend, […]

Nutty Nina – Outstanding Fighter for Life and the Planet

25 Jun, 2018 in Facing Adversity / Uncategorized tagged #adversity / fight / foot-print / future / ms / multiple schlerosis / planet / sustainable by Penny

“Through all the difficulties and trials that beset her path, her Christian spirit shines forth, and in all her letters to her children, with whom she corresponded regularly until her death, there is found no complaining or ill-natured word”. A tribute to Elizabeth Macarthur, written by her granddaughter Every now […]

Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World ...

22 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity by Joni Leimgruber

“We are very grateful for what Australia has done for us. When you put your foot down in Australia it felt like you were in Heaven.” Duc Hoa (pronounced h-waa), whose name means ‘flowers of spring’ was one of the precious 52 lives who arrived in Sydney on a small […]

A Refugee Love Story

18 Jun, 2018 in FEAR LESS by Joni Leimgruber

“I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask the brethren to take their feet off of their necks” Ruth Badar Ginsberg I was scrolling through Facebook and saw the trailer for the new documentary on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg — known as ‘Notorious RBG’. “What people […]

Quiet, but sharp

16 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity by Mish Pope

“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise” Maya Angelou I remember the first time I heard Maya Angelou’s voice. It was my first year in college, and someone down the hall was watching a video and as I […]

From mute to poet: Maya’ Story

15 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity by Riyanka Panditha

Sue Leeming has donated an amazing piece of artwork to be auctioned to raise money for the Birdsnest India project this Friday night at the Kinwomen House Concert. We asked her to tell us the inspiration for her artwork that is being sold on Friday night. ‘From a Sense of […]

Sue Leeming Artwork Auction

12 Jun, 2018 in Foxglove by Amanda