8 April 2020Uncategorized Where’s my grandmother when I need her? Today I would like my grandmother to be looking after me. I would like to be back in her house, baking some […]
7 April 2020Uncategorized Tracking the enemy Making Mistakes Oh damn, got to get it wrong sometime, sorry! I got called out in regard to our coronavirus tea party […]
6 April 2020Uncategorized Coronavirus tea party Who knew that a 1.8m diameter table would be such an appropriate size? When we bought it, our goal was to have […]
5 April 2020Uncategorized Can I rent an optimist for my bubble? I reckon I sit at around 50% realism, 40% optimism and 10% pessimism. I think that realism comes naturally to scientists. The […]
2 April 2020Uncategorized High trust – high risk Beware of people handing you water bottles (no Greeks bearing gifts around right now) – in this case it was no stranger, […]
29 March 2020Uncategorized Testing times Menace from Tonga is another friend who hangs out in our bubble. Her name derives from that of Chris’s sister Ximena, which […]
28 March 2020Uncategorized Kindness as a practice My friend Nic Laing gave us this artwork; I called it “Prickly Planet”. Right now, I feel like one of the current […]
27 March 2020Uncategorized Facing off against COVID-19 My mate Toti from Taupo presents different faces to the world (please note, he is a confirmed bubble member, present from midnight […]
26 March 2020Uncategorized The experiment begins… Our household is dominated by scientists (sorry, Mum) which means that we oscillate between being interested in the progress of a set […]
25 March 2020Uncategorized Breathe in and hold… As a country we are about to collectively hold our breath for the next four weeks; on an individual scale it is […]