Queensland Multicultural Month
29 July – 5 August Donate Life Week
3-16 Fair Trade Fortnight
4 National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day
6 – 12 Homelessness Week
9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
11 – 19 National Science Week
18 – 26 Seniors Week
17 – 24 Children’s Book Week
19 World Humanitarian Day / World Photo Day
23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
June in the Southern hemisphere ushers in winter with extreme variations of weather across the continent.
My adopted home in Queensland allows me to enjoy a mellow winter but the words of Michael Leunig
We give thanks for the blessing of winter:
Season to cherish the heart.
To make warmth and quiet for the heart.
To make soups and broths for the heart.
To cook for the heart and read for the heart.
To curl up softly and nestle with the heart.
To sleep deeply and gently at one with the heart.
To dream with the heart.
To spend time with the heart.
A long, long time of peace with the heart.
We give thanks for the blessing of winter:
Season to cherish the heart.
Amen
Michael Leunig Art The Prayer Tree, Collins Dove, 1991.
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