The Keeping House is a place to respectfully appreciate the stories that have been generously shared by Australian First Nations thinkers and makers. “A sense of place, history, and knowing is always present in First Nations fibre work, whether old or new: these meanings and associations are ...
Some might call it “cruel and unusual punishment,” arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor it’s their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of The Kairos Center discusses an essay ...
which opened last night in the United States. I haven’t seen it, and this essay will not be about his film. Rather, like many in the twitterverse, I have been struck by comments he made about the changes he has wrought with the text, and I just can’t leave them unremarked upon:...
My mother died unhappily in a nursing home. She was 90 years old. She regarded it as “the workhouse”. I do not want to be in her nursing home/workhouse. My life now is actually quite good. Family of course and a 2 year old cat (Stripey) and a 2 year old labrador. I have ...
“Yeah”, my 10 year-old son agreed. Always ready for a dose of potty humor, he added, “No presents unless you’re Santa Claus”. We laughed. I paused before adding my signature dill. A parenting moment had popped up and was staring me in the face. It was actually waving its arms...
Find inspiration in this essay from The Monocle Travel Guide to Copenhagen, published by Gestalten. Watch a Dane explain his or her Christmas traditions to foreigners and you’ll likely spot a few worried looks as the storyteller waxes lyrical about the centrepiece of Christmas Eve: the tree ...