Let’s stay in our room until we’ve tidied up

The cowboys and cowgirls of our era are no longer riding horses in the dust, where the long arm of the law doesn’t reach. They’re undertaking the ego trips of entire nations, riding spaceships, leaving a massive trail of debris in a galaxy untouched by humans not so...

The elephant(s) in the room

By Sitara Morgenster How often do you completely ignore someone’s question, to broach the subject you actually want to talk about? I don’t know about you, but it seems drilled in to me to try and answer someone as accurately as possible. Especially in formal...

Letter to all children worldwide

By Sitara Morgenster Dearest child, Wherever you are appearing on this earth, you are a wonder. We don’t know where you came from. And the ultimate source of breath that gives you life until you draw your last is a mystery to all of us, even to the wisest of the wise....
“Coronavirus is not the enemy”

“Coronavirus is not the enemy”

   Sitara Morgenster Freelance writer (NEW ZEALAND) New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown came as a shock to me. I didn’t know democratic governments have the power to tell an entire population to stay home. I’m not complaining, but personally...