Winter in New York

View from my window this morning.

At the UN again.

Attending the NGO committee this week & next.

A present from Henk

The TCC event on 25th January was held in the beautiful Medieval town of Gouda, and guess what they produce there cheese. So Henk very kindly gave me a gouda cheese as seen above. It was a great event. The next day, 26th January was Australia Day, which I could not celebrate as it took me all day to get home to Scotland. Yesterday I flew to New York to attend the NGO committee meeting.

TCC 5th birthday crowd

TCC 5th Birthday

On 25th January I flew to Holland to TCC's 5th anniversary celebrations. Henk and Todd had arranged a great evening where Gabriele Kuby gave the keynote address. I was introduced to the meeting by Henk. Around 120 people attended.

From her website , www.grabriele-Kuby.de  , see :

Gabriele Kuby is a German author and international speaker on the global sexual revolution and Christian spirituality. She studied sociology in the late 1960s at the Free University of Berlin and Constance, where she obtained a Masters Degree. For twenty years she worked as a translator and interpreter. Her conversion to Catholic faith in 1997 opened her eyes for the dangers of the sexual revolution. Her first critical analysis of the ideology of gender appeared in 2006. So far she has published twelve books. The Global Sexual Revolution - Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom has been translated into eleven languages. Pope Benedict XVIth calls forth "a brave warrior against ideologies that ultimately results in the destruction of man." 

As a sociologist, I observe the developments of our society; as a mother I committed to the future of the next generation; as a Catholic, I try to live what I believe. This includes good will towards people, even if I do not share their convictions. "

She spoke about her new book , The Global Sexual Revolution - Destruction of Freedom. Then there was a book signing and very nice reception to finish off the evening.I flew back to Scotland the next day.

Great fishing today.

Fishing yesterday with my son.

Had a great day caught 20 fish at Adventure Bay , Bruny Is , Tasmania.