Author Archives: Dr Bob Rich
Visiting Vermont Book Club
The more you give the more you get, and also the more you give the more you grow. So, I have been doing everything possible to draw people’s attention to what you need when your world falls apart: my award-winning … Continue reading
Chat with me all too soon!
The Vermont Book Club have invited me to be their guest speaker, only it’s like a cancellation at a dentist. IT IS AT 8 AM EASTERN AUSTRALIAN TIME, TUESDAY 14 APRIL. Joining link is here.
How to be a healer and helper
Some fellow named Bob Rich will tell you at Ernest Dempsey’s Recovering the Self.
Diane Bator chuckled all the way
Or so she told me when sending me the link to our interview. “Bátor” means “brave” in Hungarian, and indeed Diane is brave Canadian who has also interviewed Skye Taylor a few days ago. My friends will know Skye as … Continue reading
Bobbing Around Volume 25 Number 9
Even what kills me makes me stronger. Bob Rich Bobbing Around Volume Twenty-five, Number Nine, March, 2026 Bob Rich’s rave bobswriting.com anxietyanddepression-help.com/ mudsmith.net/ previous issues *About Bobbing Aroundsubscribe/unsubscribeguidelines for contributions Comments are welcome — on the bottom of every post … Continue reading
Cocktail writing
For March 2026, Skye Taylor wants us to look at both writing and reading blended genres. “What do you enjoy about blending them while writing and do you enjoy reading the mix?” That’s two questions, blended together, isn’t it? Reading … Continue reading
Real farming is a winner
The most attractive feature of this article in Mongabay is the picture, showing the mutual love of a decent couple. But the most important is the message. Farming the western way is stupid and destructive. Looking after the soil, following … Continue reading
Monkey-animal conflict: another part of the climate catastrophe
You will have guessed. The monkeys I refer to tend to wear clothes. This interesting article in Vox mentions a whole range of situations in which climate-caused changes lead to events like elephants seeking water in a village, whales changing … Continue reading
Yanis has it right
When Yanis Varoufakis was Finance Minister of Greece, he instituted a wonderful system that started lifting his country out of debt, and austerity imposed by the holders of the purse strings. This couldn’t be allowed. The World Bank, the EU, … Continue reading
How deadly is a dying animal?
I am doing my best to minimise posts but this one is necessary. I subscribe to Richard Eskow’s Substack, and agree with everything he says in this powerful post. It is an accurate analysis of why Trump and Netanyahu are … Continue reading
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