Category Archive: on the road

The passengers are back

The passengers are back

A few days in from the official start of the working year and more and more people are gradually returning to work. We used to take …

 

Three red cars

Three red cars

“On my way to school I watch the cars going past the bus and remember their colours. 3 red cars in a row mean that it …

 

Home sweet home

Home sweet home

I’m flying into Wellington, and it looks like home to me. When I was a kid it was where the zoo and the museum was. At high …

 

Signposts

Signposts

While on a walk around the Tokaanu natural thermal area earlier this week, I noticed a plant I had never seen before. It was covered …

 

A widening in the road

A widening in the road

Our plans for Christmas have changed. The plan was we spend a couple of nights in Turangi on the way to Auckland, and we celebrate …

 

Simplest is best

Simplest is best

I was walking toward the car this evening and I was enthralled by a blackbird, signing his heart out, from the top of the church. …

 

Stripes

Stripes

“Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. …

 

Can stop the music

Can stop the music

What do you say when other people find your finest, most creative, work trashed by others? Worse, by total strangers? I generally don’t care a great …

 

Defiance!

Defiance!

There are very few things that give me more deep pleasure than doing what I’ve been told can’t be done. I’m sure that you too …

 

The new Cinderella

The new Cinderella

Taking a walk at lunchtime a few weeks back I spied a woman’s shoe lying, abandoned, in a rather inaccessible spot beside the motorway. On my …