Day 1 – the old beginning
Marica is sitting on the edge of the bed, weeping. “What’re we going to do? What’re we going to do?” I hold her and try …
22 Jun
Commuting
Commuting
“Someone to love, somewhere to live, somewhere to work and something to hope for.” ― Norman Kirk, “The town that’s used to being disappointed”. A dark …
21 Jun
Winter solstice
Winter solstice
Rather than snow on the shortest day, our ornamental cherry is covered in lichen. It’s great not having snow, but the lichen is not a …
20 Jun
Testing times
Testing times
These past few months have been challenging. Not that we’ve been unduly unwell or traumatised by war or any of those kinds of challenges, but …
04 Feb
Blue sky dreaming
Blue sky dreaming
There’s been plenty of blue skies today. Gale force winds have chivvied the clouds around almost recklessly. Hapless office workers scuttled around at lunch time, …
10 Jan
Four eggs
Four eggs
I’m making breakfast for the family. I crack an egg – double yolks. Amazing! I’ve cracked hundreds – probably thousands of eggs and I’ve never …
10 Jan
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness
It is my first week back at work after a Christmas and New Years holiday that went by far too quickly. The first few days …
09 Jan
The black sheep of the family
The black sheep of the family
Who, at some point, hasn’t thought that they might be the black sheep of the family? You know, that one person in the family that …
08 Jan
Everything is not as it seems
Everything is not as it seems
The New Zealand flag was flying proudly over the Beehive this afternoon. Blues skies. Life is good. No poverty, no depression, the economy is on the up-and-up. Land …
07 Jan
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 …