Chewable chunks
The concept of chewable chunks applies to COVID as much as cycle touring. Here are our strategies for breaking a 1300km cycle tour into chunks of a size we can cope with.
Author: Jane Shearer
Focusing on the journey
Cycling and cycle touring are two of my all time favourite activities. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love cycling.
So much need…so little money
So much need, so little money. I’ve been involved in a local philanthropic fund where 100 local women donate $1000 each then vote for a single organisational recipient of the funds.
Taking stock
New Zealand has dropped down its alert levels, though Auckland remains at 2 where the rest of the country is at 1. In Europe, cases are climbing but there’s resistance to any further hard lockdowns. And how are things looking for the Swedish experiment?
Things I don’t understand
Human behaviour is puzzling. We avidly mine and invest in gold to store in vaults, we take flights to nowhere during COVID when we aren’t allowed to travel, we pretend to explore for resources when we are just trying to jack their value up, we can act swiftly in the face of a pandemic but, in the face of climate change, we seem powerless to act.
Elections & Fantasy Literature
Reading fiction and reading election promises – they’re pretty much the same. Except fiction is generally based in reality. All the parties in the NZ election want to spend more but where is the more going to come from?
When in doubt, garden
I learned the importance of gardening from my father and its now an integral part of home building for me. The positive change over the years is hugely satisfying, despite the constant battles waged against possums, hares, deer, hedghogs, rabbits…
Chinese presents
Chris got sent a random pair of ‘Versace’ socks. He thought they might be a Fathers’ Day present from Sarah. I thought they must be related to a scam. Who was right?
The case for artisan bakeries
Our government is spraying money around to prop up the economy. I suggest artisan bakeries would be a great place to direct some money given how good they are for community as well as for bread.
Roll (role) of an earring
My earring turned up in the washing several weeks after I lost it. How, I don’t know, but I took it as a good omen. Was what followed good, or bad? It depends which point in the story you read to.