LAST YEAR, SUMIT was preparing for his marriage to a girl from his village.
However, before the day arrived, he decided marriage wasn’t for him… just yet.
Sumit was 13 years old.

In his small village in Nepal, child marriage is the norm.
“I used to like a girl from my school and we decided to get married because we thought that was what should happen next in our lives,” the now 14-year-old explains.

“Getting married at our age is considered very normal in my community so we didn’t see anything wrong with planning our marriage like this.”

His change of heart came after a visit from the Kopila Child Club, which is funded by ActionAid Child Sponsors. During the workshop, the children discussed their rights and child marriage.

They were told about other young couples who faced difficulties because they married during their early teens.
“ I also learnt…

‘Red River” was a Western film that brought together people in my own life….the writer, Borden Chase, and the actors….Harry Carey, Sr., Harry Carey, Jr., Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan.  I did not know John Wayne personally, although I was at a couple of social events with him and taught English to several of his grandsons.

Borden’s step-daughter, Pat, was one of my close girlfriends during our late teen years. We used to go horseback riding on their San Fernando Valley ranch, or go to movies or lunch together. We were both our “father’s daughters.”  After her marriage failed, and he divorced her mother, Pat and Borden got married, causing a huge scandal in the movie industry.

I have already written about Harry Carey,Sr.,Harry Carey, Jr. and Joanne Dru on former blogs. As for Walter Brennan, he was a tall, handsome man, the direct opposite of so many of the…

Amazing photos from the People’s Climate March
#PeoplesClimate || September 21st, 2014 || http://peoplesclimate.org/

More than half a million people have raised their voices in the planet’s streets in September 21st, 2014, in the People’s Climate March. More than 300.000 citizens demonstrated in New York City, where the United Nations Climate Summit is being held. Several other cities around the globe joined in: London, Melbourne, Paris, and many others. This short film by Awestruck Wanderer [http://awestruckwanderer.wordpress.com] documents the event in Toronto, Canada. Feel free to share!

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TORONTO’S MARCH!

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Read more: In These Times – Mother Jones – Democracy Now!

“Climate change is like that: it’s hard to keep it in your head for very long. We engage in this odd form of on-again-off-again ecological amnesia for perfectly rational reasons. We deny because we fear that letting in the full…

To enjoy a lovely lunch with a lovely wine, a Tinta Barocca from Boplaas is a great call.  Also do not underrate it as a dinner wine.  For a young red this is truly a beaut.

It is also available overseas, but I could not establish in which countries.  Hopefully Australia’s Wine Wanker may come across it as I would love to hear his comments.

Monday is almost done and then the blues will be behind us 🙂  Enjoy the day.