Marja Kooreman | Journalist & Correspondent
also known as Sitara Morgenster | Using my head to write from the heart
Marja Kooreman | Journalist & Correspondent
also known as Sitara Morgenster | Using my head to write from the heart
There’s an equally popular and persistent myth about New Zealand/Aotearoa: that the South Island is more beautiful than the North Island. Perhaps it’s because of the Lord of the Rings movies. Or it could be because many European immigrants initially settled on the South Island in the 1950s and wrote lyrical letters home about the …
“This situation is an opportunity. You have to turn the negative into a positive,” says Josie Martin. Martin is the creator and owner/operator of The Giants House in Akaroa, in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It’s a historic villa with terraced gardens full of sculptures, mosaics and ceramics by the artist. We’re talking on the phone in March …
Your body is yours to do with as you please. Nobody has the right to tell you what you can and cannot do with it. Your body is nobody else’s possession; not your parents’, teachers’, politicians’, employers’, leaders’, country’s, wives’, husbands’ or lovers’ possession. Your body is your temple and your laboratory. It’s your “rental property”, belonging to you from birth to death. Read More…
Dearest child, Wherever you are appearing on this earth, you are a wonder. We don’t know where you came from. Which is not to say we don’t know how babies are made. It means the ultimate source of breath that gives you life is a mystery to all of us. Even to the wisest of …