I write you letters sometimes, enter your e mail address below to receive yours. Enter your EmailPreview | Powered by FeedBlitz stLight.options({publisher:'9c1582af-7d4d-4637-9ff9-7eb6e625d3fc'}); Hi, I’m Lyrian. I write words, among other things. If this is your first visit, you might like to sign up for my more personal letters above, or you can subscribe to my blog. This is where I cut and paste and sometimes create (glue optional). Tumblr (3.0; @lyrianfleming)http://lyrianfleming.com/ By many people&#8217;s standards, I travel a lot for work. If I count both bigger international and...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/24058807828http://lyrianfleming.com/post/24058807828Wed, 30 May 2012 21:54:24 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4s4b0FPmU1qbem7bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Autumn in Adelaide</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/23990355588http://lyrianfleming.com/post/23990355588Tue, 29 May 2012 20:11:24 +1000 In my day job I talk quite often about the grinding nature of poverty, the sheer struggle of...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/23919014667http://lyrianfleming.com/post/23919014667Mon, 28 May 2012 17:49:28 +1000now readingkatherine boobehind the beautiful foreversindiamumbaipovertyI have been writing less and less on the blog lately – obviously. Basically, this corner of my life...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/23534753472http://lyrianfleming.com/post/23534753472Tue, 22 May 2012 17:45:46 +1000contraceptionTEDno controversymelinda gates<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vkktOjsb1qav5oho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://newyorker.tumblr.com/post/22855311047/next-weeks-cover-up-online-now-get-the-story" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">newyorker</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Next week’s cover, up online now. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/05/cover-story-spectrum-of-light.html" target="_blank">Get the story from the artist who created it</a>. </p></blockquote> <p>Love</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/22863920664http://lyrianfleming.com/post/22863920664Sat, 12 May 2012 08:45:02 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2b672fpDb1qbem7bo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Currently reading: <a href="http://www.eatinganimals.com/" target="_blank"><em>Eating Animals</em> by Jonathan Safran-Foer</a>. Oh how very, very glad I am that I don’t contribute to the factory farming industry.</p> <p>Although the first book to open my eyes to the horrendous practices of factory farming remains my favourite on the topic - <em><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-ethics-of-what-we-eat/2006/05/26/1148524874515.html" target="_blank">The Ethics of What We Eat</a></em> - I am finding it really confronting all over again to consider the permission we give corporations to f*ck with our food, our environment, and the animals we consume.</p> <p>Truly. Scary. But its also very, very empowering to become informed. </p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20896690669http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20896690669Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:25:50 +1000vegetarianjonathan safran foereating animalsnow reading<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wftbo3RxGvs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Overseas aid - what do Australians think about it? Thanks to World Vision.</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20817619963http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20817619963Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:53:35 +1000aidaustraliaworld vision<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Go4Xsd53Qqw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Simon Moss from the Global Poverty Project tackles some important myths about aid and Africa</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.aviewfromthecave.com/" target="_blank">HT A View from the Cave</a>)</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20330550575http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20330550575Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:08:40 +1000global poverty projectAfrica is not a countryafrica<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ogx727ir1qbem7bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taking a local bike for a spin in Tanzania - a big thank you to all my <a href="http://walkinhershoes.org.au/care_australia_2" target="_blank">Walk In Her Shoes</a> sponsors, I have raised $700! (And yes, you can still donate to me, but not for long).</p> <p>Photo by Josh Estey</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20153925822http://lyrianfleming.com/post/20153925822Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:12:00 +1100care australialyrian flemingTanzaniawalk in her shoesDo you have a superannuation fund of some kind? An investment fund for when you retire, which will...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/19616756696http://lyrianfleming.com/post/19616756696Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:39:19 +1100superannuationwarethicalinvesting“Most of us come into this world amidst a frenzy of pain and emotion and unpredictability, and...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/19371261330http://lyrianfleming.com/post/19371261330Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:28:26 +1100quotesamantha nuttaid It&#8217;s not popular to say this, but I&#8217;m ambivalent about International Women&#8217;s Day....http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18939757775http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18939757775Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:54:00 +1100IWDInternational women's day<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ijjpjamx1qbem7bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Mini Jaffa Cakes (vegan, gf) all ready to rock, recipe from Janella Purcell’s excellent cookbook ‘Eating for the seasons’</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18898085839http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18898085839Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:50:13 +1100“Probably the biggest change is going to come from the changed definition of what we’re...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18603933914http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18603933914Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:48:47 +1100 I&#8217;m currently reading Christopher Isherwood&#8217;s Goodbye to Berlin, which happens to be...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18588825743http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18588825743Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:19:00 +1100now readingchristopher isherwood Help me Walk In Her Shoes Readers of this blog will know I recently went to Tanzania and Ethiopia...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18480253925http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18480253925Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:28:00 +1100walk in her shoescare australia“Unfortunately, many people believe the opposite—that money spent on development is wasted, or...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18407204769http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18407204769Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:33:30 +1100quotesbill gatesdevelopmentI just spent eight days in Ethiopia and confess to not knowing what to expect. I was born in the...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18112828094http://lyrianfleming.com/post/18112828094Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:03:00 +1100ethiopiatourism“A continent ages quicly once we come. The natives live in harmony with it. But the foreigner...http://lyrianfleming.com/post/17806199929http://lyrianfleming.com/post/17806199929Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:38:00 +1100quoteshemingwayafrica<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzf2erwwtU1qbem7bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Lake Awassa, Ethiopia</p>http://lyrianfleming.com/post/17642917871http://lyrianfleming.com/post/17642917871Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:13:39 +1100