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...
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...
Decision 2014: Politics, Pistorious or Pikelets?
I can’t get away from politics today. I am still a registered voter in New Zealand. Surprise, surprise! Thanks to passing through immigration last year for my sister’s wedding, I am still a Ponsonby...
Scotland the Bold
There is an important date coming up this month for all New Zealanders. No it’s not the date of the General Election. That’s the 20th of September. No, it’s sooner than that. The date...
The Power of the Picnic
This may be a weak excuse but I’m starting to believe that learning a second language makes you neglect your first. I have now memorised a couple of hundred German words but I still...
Sink or Swim
According to the CIA, New Zealand has the ninth longest coastline in the world. This might be true but there is another list (World Resources Institute) that has us at seventeenth. I’ll take that...
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