Category Archive: on the road

143 – Holes in your stockings

143 – Holes in your stockings

My sister, Diana, and her husband, Miro, wanted me to come up to Auckland to be with them when they got the pathology results following …

 

142 – Trapped

142 – Trapped

Sometimes I can be my own worst enemy, especially when I allow my inner critic to have a voice. During these times I have felt …

 

140 – My way

140 – My way

Being able to park in tight spaces is something you have to learn when you live in Wellington. Our city is very hilly, has very …

 

137 – Surrounded by creativity

137 – Surrounded by creativity

Today we had an opportunity to get an insight into what other participants of the Wanganui Summer School of the Arts have been doing …

 

136 – Smitten

136 – Smitten

The Oxford Dictionary describes smitten as being strongly attracted to someone or something. In my case I am smitten with the town of Wanganui. After …

 

135 – Making dreams come true

135 – Making dreams come true

“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion,” philosopher G. W. F. Hegel once said. Passion is not always fun. Like anything worthwhile, …

 

134 – Morning jolt

134 – Morning jolt

This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of …

 

126 – Nature’s jewels

126 – Nature’s jewels

The colour and the shape of the fruit placed in my hand suggested it could be an apple, yet something within me said it wasn’t. …

 

116 – Merry Christmas

116 – Merry Christmas

Sretan Bozic Merry Christmas Meri Kirihimete Wesolych Swiat Glædelig Jul 6.00am -  Christmas day began. 7.30am – Breakfast with Lynsey, Mira and Damian. 8.00am – We started to share out our presents …

 

116 – Of Christmas past

116 – Of Christmas past

Terence and I met at high school. He was a misfit too – a huge kid in every respect – tall and overweight, just didn’t …