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Aira Chilcott

Press Service International

Aira Chilcott is a retired secondary school teacher with lots of science andtheology under her belt. Aira is an editor for PSI and indulges inreading, bushwalking and volunteering at a nature reserve. Aira’s husband Bill passed away in 2022 and she is left with three wonderful adult sons and one grandson.

Aira Chilcott's previous articles may be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/aira-chilcott.html

  • Indigenous plant use in the ACT region

    Soon after I became a teacher, I was pleased to learn of an aboriginal plant-use trail in the National Botanic Gardens.

  • Our idols have feet of clay

    The term “feet of clay” comes from the Old Testament, where Daniel interprets a dream for Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian King (Daniel chapter 2, verses 31-45). Nebuchadnezzar dreamt of a huge statue, made from gold, silver, brass and iron, but with clay mixed in with the iron of the feet.

  • Insecticides – natural or commercial?

    Sitting here at my computer, I am regretting sacking our local friendly huntsman spider and hoisting him (or her) outside to fend for himself (or herself) in the garden on his (or her) own.

  • No compromise

    Keith Green, Christian singer and songwriter in the ‘60s and ‘70s, had an album called “No Compromise”.

  • Searching – questions kids ask

    Before retiring, I taught in a Christian school and we were blessed to have a course called Christian Life Studies which was taught throughout Years K – 12.

  • Do we need a new reformation?

    October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

  • Bullies in the playground

    I hate being bullied. I hate the shock of hearing it – it always comes as something unexpected. You are never prepared for the vitriol or the lies expressed.

  • Whatever you do, don’t run!

    This is the title of a book by Peter Allison.  He is an Aussie who, at 19, went to live in Africa on a game reserve, and many of his adventures are recounted in the book. He speaks of a Botswana truism: “only food runs”.

  • Citizenship and culture

    Amazingly, I got all the practice questions for the Australian Citizenship test correct! But does that make me a good citizen?

  • Free range kids

    Free range chooks lay free range eggs. You are supposed to somehow mystically taste that these eggs came from chooks that are happier, healthier, more at peace, than caged chooks. No?