Thoughts in Uncertain Times
Because thinking about the world is fun
I started this blog at the beginning of the 2020 New Zealand COVID pandemic lockdown because I wished I had recorded life through the civil emergency of the Canterbury earthquakes. When I started, I had no idea how long the pandemic might last, or how long I might keep writing. In 2023, the pandemic is loosening its hold on the world but there are so many other pressing issues on the horizon and interesting aspects of life to ponder that I am not stopping yet…
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Happy Birthday to me soon in Mongolia...and why do I want to celebrate my 60th birthday there?
Everyone loves dinosaurs. We visited dinosaur footprints on a hot Spanish afternoon, not so different from the temperatures in which the dinosaurs were paddling along the river 120 million years ago.
Want to know my secret fear...or at least intense dislike? Read on to find out, although you've already got a clue...
My first tattoo...a much bigger deal for Gen X than for Gen Z...
Was condemnation of Trump's blue suit at the Pope's funeral fair? And how does this link to concerns about my writing a song about a prominent societal figure?
Our minds influence our hearts and our hearts influence our minds. Music can make our heartbeats synchronise with the people around us. Everything is connected...
Autumn is right time to extend pa harakeke's plantings - "Why are you doing this?" a visiting cycle tourist asked. "As reciprocity for being part of the biosphere," could be my answer.
According to the authors of 'AI 2027', by 2030 AI will either have eliminated humans or helped us reach the stars. Science fiction? Prophesy? What should we believe?
I'm on top of Mt Alta. Do I need to know how many minutes it took me to get there? Or how high I have climbed? Has technology addicted us to counting things that don't matter?