~ Edward Weeks ~
This photograph was taken by Tim at the beach on Christmas Day while we took some time away from the camp site at the blockade at Glenugie NSW. I had settled myself to not celebrate Christmas this year. This was easy being with like minded people who also felt that the spirit of Christmas had been replaced by a spirit of economy and competiveness. We all agreed it was not pretty and we all decided we were not a part of this.
We also agreed that the churches idea of Christmas was very wrong. Not to take anything away from the Supreme Creators of the universe of course, but I speak from a perspective of the Romans staging a religion. The fact that there was stealing of original sacred wisdom and confounding it in the shape of the New Testament. Jesus was a good bloke and he was very real but the Romans really have a lot to answer for.
How about a cult religion being all but forced upon the people for approximately 2000 years for starters? This is the reason we decided to not celebrate this.
My massive non Christmas decision was made easy by camping with no frills on the side of a 100 Kilometer road too with just the very basics. Although the people were definitely the kind of people I would rather spend Christmas with. I was with awesome people!
I did get gifts though, even on the side of the road with a bunch of strangers. Jane gave me a book and a DVD and a Eureka Stockade tea towel which is stunning and the book and movie are just perfect. Then in the late afternoon Merve gave me a bottle of Gossips and said Merry Christmas. Timmy was the one who touched me the most, he had a gift for his ex and it was a meditation prayer stool. He gave this to me and told me it was in better hands with me. I cried!
Dear Timmy and his dog Nellie who incidentally loved this dog in the image above and they played very happily. I used to be very afraid of most dogs. It was not until I had my own dog did this fear dissipate from my life. Being bitten was the result of rogue owners not the dogs themselves.
Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr