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Letter of the law

Transgender people have been the focus of lots of political and social attention in recent years, with trans rights becoming a target, especially of those who associate themselves with culture wars. Although the term transgender refers to anyone who identifies as the sex opposite to that assigned at birth, the focus has been on those who transition from male to female. Today the Supreme Court in the UK ruled that, in Law, a Woman is defined by Biological Sex. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7pqzk47zo For Transgender people who identify as Women, the worry will almost certainly be that trans rights are further eroded and they become the subject of yet more attacks. Recently I listened to a debate on the radio during which a woman, arguing that trans women we not women, stated that 'she knew she was a woman, because she felt like a woman' she went on to say that 'if you don't have a womb you are not a woman'. I pondered how that person might feel, given how sur...
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Letting the grass grow

You might find yourself unpopular if you let the grass grow, but nature will thank you. The people that live near me have immaculate gardens, unlike mine their lawns a trimmed and weeds removed, plans rotated, everything is incredibly neat. My law is long, it is full of clover, moss and weeds. The bushes are unkempt, brambles grow alongside all sorts of things, there is an Oak sapling and lots of things have started to germinate that have landed either from near or afar, some things will have arrived on (or through) an animal. People notice how messy (natural) my garden is. But I notice something different, I notice how alive my garden is and how dead those around me are. Close by the garden paths are routinely sanitised with bleach, the leaves are picked from the lawn and weeds are eradicated. Nothing that has not been planted grows and flowers are carefully rotated, hedges trimmed routinely, lawns cut into pristine green carpets. Nothing lives in these gardens, the birds do not settl...
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Hello

I have voice and with it I can express my interests, concerns, delights, experiences and opinions. This is not the first time I have started to write a blog, however each time I have stopped because either I was too precious about what I wrote, struggled to find the time to write, or just felt that the broad range of interests I have lacked the focus necessary for a blog, after all who would read about gardening one moment and geo-politics the next. But, taking a step back and recognising that I write for myself, and if others gain benefit then that is a bonus, I gained the perspective that writing on a broad range of topics without any particular consistency, is fine. I am not seeking reach, likes, or monetisation, I am simply writing about things that I want to write about, when I have time to write about them. Life can be wonderful, frightening and frustrating. I find that writing can help to process thoughts, shape understanding, act as a distraction, be therapeutic, help you t...
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