Katherine Phelps

We need universal social security as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We need democratic, equitable, and sustainable distribution of goods and services. We don’t actually need either money or financial institutions. These have been used to concentrate power into a few hands, then manipulate humanity through their desperation for status and survival. […]

When I was a child my family moved every two to three years. With these moves my parents tried to keep their children away from cities, because those were places where we might be exposed to drugs (as if alcohol isn’t a drug) and gangs (as if a group of privileged football players can’t form […]

Cordelia: Unhappy that I am,I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond; no more no less. ~William Shakespeare, King Lear Act 1, Scene 1 When things are going disastrously wrong it is always much easier to find someone or something who represents what is felt to be […]

“Brownies are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, they do not like to be seen and will only work at night, traditionally in exchange for small gifts of food…They usually abandon the house if their gifts are called payments, or if the owners of the house misuse them.” Wikipedia: […]

“…and the Universe, … will explode later for your pleasure.” ~ Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe   A friend of mine was told by Australia’s welfare system that his work as a simulated patient for medical training was “unrealistic”, and that he should find a different field of work. An […]

I was raised in a deeply right-wing religious family. At first I took their worldview on, because what else is a child going to do? However, with experience and introspection I started to drift. I now jokingly say that “I’m Gandhi left not Che Guevara left”. The drift wasn’t because I am smart. My whole […]

Learn how to make peace with yourself. Learn how to make peace with friends and family. Learn how to extend goodwill toward all people. Learn to make peace with the planet. Peace is the means of love. Peace is the outcome of love.   Peace and kindness, Katherine

I would be very careful of a rebellious transgressive identity. It sounds freeing, but it can be its own prison. When I was a kid we moved around every three years from small town to small town. At one point I realised that no matter what I did, I was going to be an outsider. […]

Light and its characteristics Light can be demonstrated to behave as both a particle and a wave. Using the Double Slit Experiment light is found to measurably behave as discrete particles. Light passing through the slits is absorbed on an observing screen at discrete points behind the slits, and when detectors are used, each detected […]

“Don’t you think she looks tired?” David Tennant as Dr Who, “The Christmas Invasion” 2005 These questions are for the people running around in suits today. Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmingly stressed? Do you feel tired, as if life is moving on and on and you can’t make it stop? Are you feeling exhausted […]