Costume
My dress sense was tested this week by Nature’s Symphony. When you dress in a style different from your norm, are you in costume? How important is dressing to fit in with the group?
Tag: 2025 March
Eliciting Emotion
Eliciting emotion – the best way to influence behaviour. Science isn’t good at using emotion to influence, time for fiction to step in and creative the narratives we need…
Letter to My Murdered Chickens
Chickens are productive and convivial members of the pā harakeke whanau; it was a sad day when we found two of them slaughtered by a visiting dog when our guest wasn’t paying attention.
Improvisation & Genius
I tried not to write a post about Trump this week. I even went surfing at Colac Bay to get him out of my thoughts. Unfortunately, every road apparently leads to Trump, even when thinking about improvisation and genius.
Finding My Tribe
How to find a friend group in the Wakatipu is a common topic in conversations – why is it so hard? And why does Christopher Luxon need to know about this?