All we like sheep
We have been listening to the Messiah of late, for no particular reason other than that it makes a nice background at […]
Month: April 2020
A breath of fresh air
On March 22nd I wrote my first COVID-19 post, the day after Jacinda Ardern announced New Zealand was on Level 2 Alert […]
Money machines
There is no doubt that New Zealand, and all countries, are going to increase the amount of public debt they hold because […]
Needing a drink of water
I would like to talk with some non-bubble members in person in the same way that one imagines a tall, cool glass […]
Excess mortality
We learned early that living on a lifestyle block involved quite a bit of death and killing and that had to get […]
Dancing to the music
Today was a less good lockdown day. I was glooming my way through a rebuild of a drawer unit this afternoon. I […]
Social pushmi-pullyus
The pushmi-pullyus of Doctor Dolittle were two-headed beasts who were impossible to creep up on, and who looked very reminiscent of a […]
Illusions of normality
Human beings are quite amazingly adaptable, while harbouring constant illusions that their current state of being is normal. I don’t generally wear […]
Touring a disaster zone
Today I set out to discover the current state of Queenstown. What I discovered is that it is very hard to mentally […]
Still holding…
Loki and I sat on the fence today. It was the highlight of my day – getting dressed up to get my […]