Category: Tipping the Scales
Like the first day at a new job, I am feeling a bit awkward at writing an article for this Audacity Magazine.
As you can imagine, I have thought of dozens of topics that I think are timely and many that are overlooked but I have been trying to gauge what would be a good first topic.
There used to be a house in Auckland Park with a big, green garden and beautiful flowers. It used to have a little wired fence all around it with a gate that squeaked every time it was opened.
There used to live a family there, but they’ve all gone now. Now a tennis court stands where once this little house stood. No trace of the beautiful garden remains, no little gate to welcome old friends.
I live in Rainhill near Prescot, Merseyside, which is in Northwest of England. (United Kingdom). My main shopping area is St Helens Town Centre and Liverpool City Centre.
The title quote came from a remark made when someone aggressively brushed passed me in a store, their reason for behaving this way, was that they did not know I had Multiple Sclerosis. They were promptly reminded that they should obviously be more aware of the fact that there are people young and old with disabilities that may not require walking aids or wheelchairs.
Evolution has recently been under attack from religious zealots in order to encourage the teaching of a theistic concept called, intelligent design.
This theory of creationism is threatening to destroy the impact that scientific thought and education has on our society and replace it with a fantasy.
If you were to ask me to name my favorite place, Haiti would definitely come to mind. It’s in Haiti that I found myself and was able to put my life in focus.
As a young child I saw a documentary on Haiti and it stuck with me into adulthood – it showed a mystical county full of taboo, poverty, culture and a proud, turmoiled history. Many African slaves where brought to Haiti from the port of Benin, Africa. In
the early 1800’s when the slave trade was abolished, the slaves were allowed to remain in Haiti and it was declared a free republic – the first black republic.
