The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it – as long as you really believe 100 percent.
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Last night was Mardi Gras 2013. No longer (officially) the “Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras”, it was gay and lesbian none the less. As before, it was a celebration in diversity within the community, and of LGBTQI pride. Sydney’s Mardi Gras, proudly led and supported by Clover Moore, presents one day/night a year when I… Continue Reading
Lifted off The Flying Bats website, www.theflyingbats.com, June 25th, 2012 Michelle Engelsman is a former Australian Olympian, tireless campaigner for social justice and human rights, and all around awesome person! Read about our June Player of the Month and newest Div 2 recruit… Name, age and brief history of your involvement with the Bats: Michelle… Continue Reading
Seriously now, how can using the medically correct term mean that a person has no respect for decorum? Especially when the use of the term is in the context of a bill concerning women’s reproductive rights. In case you haven’t heard what all this fuss is about, in the US, Rep. Lisa Brown has been… Continue Reading
Imagine this: 5 lesbians in a car on the way to soccer training. But what did we talk about, I hear you ask? The usual: IVF, adoptions, babies, marriage, partners, love, and of course soccer. Oh wait, cats featured also. Of course they did. What else would 5 thirty-something year old ladies talk about in… Continue Reading
Happy Mardi Gras!!! Is it that time of year already?! What happened? I blinked and it turned from January 2 to February 25th!! Wait, I know what happened… A new kitten, my partner moved up, work has been exciting and busy, getting myself fit again, seeing the world’s greatest acupuncturists, and moving house, starting soccer… Continue Reading
It’s been a very long time since my last blog post. So much has happened that’s kept me away from my keyboard and blogging! Perhaps I’ll start with what is most distracting to me right now… a 9 week old kitten desperately trying to jump on the kitchen table as I type, excited at the… Continue Reading
What a brilliant week! I have just had a magical experience, and feel so grateful for the opportunity. I spent this past week out as an athlete role model on the ARMTours trip to the Northern Territory. It’s a programme run by NASCA (National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy) and it involves sending athletes out into… Continue Reading
There is something truly magical about Aurukun, Qld. The dusty red earth, the magical and ancient bush, the wild river, and the kind hearted people: it certainly holds a special place in my heart. Aurukun has also had a profound affect on me. The two occasions that I’ve had the opportunity to visit and spend time in… Continue Reading
I recently had the good fortune of travelling to Sumatra, Indonesia. It’s taken me over a week to consider how I might put that experience into a blog, and more importantly how to actually process my experiences. I’m not quite there yet, and feel there is much I still need to feel out, but I’m… Continue Reading
Australia, Australia, the land of golden sun. But what of our forefathers? Not the “privileged whites”, but the “chinks”, “wogs” and “abos”, Did they bathe in the diamond sun’s light? Did they feel the freedom bell of life? Scalpings, slave labour, death in prisons… Our past a past of bravery yet sadism. A past where… Continue Reading