Once Were Farmers
I have recently negotiated my way through a big book. For me, 500+ pages is big but this felt bigger and part of the reason it felt that way is because I didn’t stop...
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The Princess’s Gambit
Let me first say that today was a mental health day. It was a time for unwinding, recharging, resting, reading and distancing myself from routines. I still had the final episode of the Netflix...
Must See Hybrid Social Events of the Future
So, there you are at your front door. You have been vaccinated, your family has been vaccinated, your community has been vaccinated – In fact, much of your planet has been vaccinated. No, we...
Things – Taking Them Up, Holding on To Them and Leaving Them Behind.
Once a quarter, or perhaps a little more, the local council in Bonn will send round the trucks to collect our inorganic waste – it is known as sperrmuell. The term inorganic waste is...
Where the Hell Have I Been?
I was looking at my last post and noted it was the 8th of February. That’s 3 and a half months ago. The image for that post was completely appropriate with the New Zealand...
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
I’m not a TV blogger but often something I watch will inspire me to think of a blog post. If I was to graph my TV watching in hours over time there was a...
All-Time Top 10: Board Games
It’s the middle of winter and as you look through the window of your cabin you can see there is four foot of snow and there is no sign of the flurries ceasing. Luckily...
Method and Madness
The life of a very methodical person can at times lack excitement. When I say methodical what I mean is that sort of person that follows a set of steps to reach any given...
All-Time Top 10: Xmas Treats
So it seems all my children do is ask for treats. Part of the problem with this time of year is that it seems like a very long session of treat giving which essentially...
Getting to Know Little Brother – Guyana
It is part of the Caribbean yet it is part of South America. It was a Dutch colony and it was later a British colony. It has only 2 percent arable land yet 80...
Whether ‘Tis April or November…Just Remember.
“Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There’s none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold. These laid the world away; poured out...
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