by Belinda | Mar 24, 2024 | WomanKind
Celebrating International Women’s Day 6th March 2024 First force of all creation, to you I bowDivine force, everywhere, to you I bowCreative force, primal force, to you I bowRising up, Divine Mother, to you I bow Lyrics of Adi Shakti by Nirinjan Kaur, Matthew... 
by Belinda | Mar 7, 2024 | Reflection, WomanKind
As I enter this new decade, life becomes more precious, more luminous. It’s off the hook gorgeous to be 60 and be alive! I can detach from the stories I told myself as a child, and instead radically befriend myself and awake to my essential goodness. Paradoxically,... 
by Belinda | Mar 4, 2024 | DIY Tiny, Tiny Home Living, Woman Woodworkers
Today the Woodwork and Craft Club, Currumbin Waters, possibly SE Queensland and perhaps Australia, made woodworking history. For the next 6 fortnightly Saturdays (March 2, 16, April 6, 20, May 4, 18) the club opened it’s doors to women and men on Saturdays. Their... 
by Belinda | Dec 16, 2023 | Climate, DIY Tiny, Tiny Home Living
Two weeks before 24 November 2023, the trade tables were all taken at the now annual TAFE Toolbox Breakfast event Women on Tools, organised by The National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC). On the day, the courtyard of TAFE Ashmore was buzziing with... 
by Belinda | Dec 4, 2023 | Climate, Grief, Rage, Reflection, Tiny Home Living, WomanKind
Rooted and Rising I am kneeling on a sunlit wooden floor in the middle of the circle. My eyes scan the five natural objects in front of me: a pile of dry leaves, a stick, a rock, a palm frond and a wooden bowl. Where to begin? It’s the first day of a workshop called...