Veronika Wild

- Image by Copilot Good Morning/ Afternoon/ Evening Class! Today we are going to talk about Taxes – I can hear your collective eye -roll, and why this specifically concerns you. Before we start, anyone who already understands this, such as any member of the Patriotic Millionaire’s Club , Millionaires Against Pitchforks or Millionaires for Humanity, has a hall pass and may skip this lesson. The rest of you please pay close attention and some of you younger ones, especially you Elon, Mark, Sergey and Larry, and you too Jeff and Gina, and anyone else who skipped History classes or thinks they owe nothing to society at large - proponents of "The Virtue of Selfishness" and all that, please sit closer to the front so that you don’t miss anything. There will be a short test at the end of class. Why we need more Taxes As you know if you have read the previous post  (go back and read it if you haven't), governments are already struggling to meet the demands of previou...

Que? These coat -clad trees caught my eye as I was driving past a park the other day. What a waste in the name of Art I thought, especially at this time of year when many are cold and homeless. On closer inspection, this proved to be not such a bad idea after all, which just shows that one shouldn’t jump to conclusions. Natty! What the well - dressed tree wears - pure wool Here’s what the labels on the trees said: Free on a Tree is the initiative of an 11 year – old – Hobart boy, Oliver Edwards, who thought of it as part of a homework challenge at his school last year, after we had had lots of flooding.   Since then the idea has caught on in a number of places such as Redcliff and Toowoomba in Queensland, as well as other parts of Tasmania . This year he has branched out into blankets as well.  Though you might be sweltering in the Northern Hemisphere just now,  it's a great idea worth remembering f or when the cooler w...