The lucky country
“The lucky country’ was the title of a book published in 1964 by Donald Horne, used there as a negative description of […]
Author: Jane Shearer
Living at Level 2
In general, people want to live at the highest level. In a building, the penthouse is the most desirable place to be. […]
Leading horses to water
Level 2 arrived and I finally got my drink of water. On Thursday we had lunch with our friends Cleone and Peter […]
Bungy jumps and pogo sticks
The feeling in the air following the government’s May 11th announcement of New Zealand’s move to Alert Level 2, has made me […]
The price is wrong
Our bubble, like the rest of New Zealand, is champing at the bit (and chomping at each other) in the face of […]
Evidence in the face of belief
Chris, Mum and I were talking about the saintly behaviour by some under lockdown (not referring to any of ourselves). All of […]
Comparing lockdowns
We slog on in Level 3 style, while many countries talk about reducing COVID-19 related restrictions on its populations – how much, […]
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 […]
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 […]