Scales of loss
I lost an earring yesterday. I would hazard a guess that any male reading this statement is completely puzzled as to why […]
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Tuatua fritters and watercress
Barry Crump, of New Zealand-scale fame, wrote a book entitled “Wild Pork & Watercress” in 1997. It was written in standard Crumpian […]
Moths and flames
Chris loves a good fire. This is probably one of his quintessential ‘bloke’ characteristics as I have noticed that there are quite […]
The art of navigation
The finding of two lost trampers in northwest Nelson this week was a relief and an irritation. It is great that two […]
A new love
I have a new love. Don’t worry about Chris though, my love is not an animate being. It is surfing, of the […]
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 […]
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 […]