And So It Begins…

Living in Censorship Central 10 December 2025 A shameful day in Australia’s history. The day Australia’s under-16s social media ban came into effect. All in the name of children’s “safety”. But it is much, much more than that. Make no mistake, this is only the beginning. Before the ban commenced, I wrote my previous post…

The Great Silencing

Dear World, Australia is now ripe for the silencing. Like content plump lambs standing in a vast land of plenty, it seems that we have been kicking back forever. Life has been too good and too easy for too long, and many have taken it for granted. Not all of us, of course – I…

What Matters Most

Lent 2021 is almost upon us. This time last year life was, for all intents and purposes, kicking along in this new decade. Sure, there may have been rumours about some sort of virus in China spreading but many people – here in the southern hemisphere at least – were only hearing tiny rumblings and…

Knowing Me…Watching You?…A-ha

Okay, brace yourself, here comes a bit of a revelation:  I love ABBA.  And the above title got me singing ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’.  This song is about relationships – more on that later – but it also makes me wonder… how much do we really know ourselves?  Do we spend so much time musing…

Planet of the Fakes

I like positive posts (writing them and reading other people’s), and this is part of the reason why I started The MuSinGer, but sometimes having a good rant feels… well… invigorating.  Seriously though, taking the time to think about why we do what we do as humans and as a society can help us to…

Twitter Tidbits

Hi folks, Just a little reminder that The MuSinGer is now on Twitter! What will you find there? Links to previous and new posts, and every now and then some extra thoughts and musings between posts which you won’t find on the blog! Click the little birdie link here on the right side of your…