Category Archive: history

24 Jul

327 – Returning home

327 – Returning home

Every single person has capabilities, abilities and gifts. Living a good life depends on whether those capabilities can be used, abilities expressed and gifts given. …

 
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30 Jun

303 – Banks

303 – Banks

The Old Bank building has been beautifully restored, renovated, and re-purposed from a Victorian styled bank through to a Victorian styled shopping centre. It’s easy …

 
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25 Jun

298 – A good man.

298 – A good man.

He was a good man. A strong man. A hard working man. A loving man. A family man. A man fighting to eke out a …

 
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21 Jun

294 – The shortest day

294 – The shortest day

It’s the winter solstice today. Well, today and tomorrow. I went for a walk at lunchtime to enjoy the few minutes of clear sunlight, and …

 
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18 Jun

291 – Te Pou Whenua

291 – Te Pou Whenua

Ra Vincent’s sculptures look exceptionally beautiful in the dying light of the day. I love the way the changing light makes the sculptures seem to …

 
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04 Jun

277 – Days of future past

277 – Days of future past

This morning, after a strange and wonderful dream about being given gifts from a whale, my long anticipated steampunk etching press arrived. It seemed to …

 
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18 May

260 – Graduation Day

260 – Graduation Day

Somebody, somewhere, is graduating. In Wellington it seems almost every second day there’s a graduation parade. When we were in the parade it was a …

 
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08 May

250 – Where were you in ’72?

250 – Where were you in ’72?

I was in small town New Zealand. We finished school and, irrespective of potential or talent, most of us pointed ourselves towards factory or labouring …

 
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07 May

249 – Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

249 – Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don’t let …

 
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21 Jan

143 – He sailed past the ghost horse

143 – He sailed past the ghost horse

Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances … The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, …

 
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