14 November 2020Uncategorized Lands of hope and stories I admit it, I am a storage junkie. I love getting matching storage containers in different sizes and then optimising which item […]
7 November 2020Uncategorized The paradox of predictions Everyone, including me, was dusting off their crystal balls this week as the American election moved to its zenith. The continuous commentary […]
1 November 2020Uncategorized Waka or sieve? The JumbliesThey went to sea in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to sea: In spite of all their […]
24 October 2020Uncategorized Who are us? Jacinda Ardern’s quote “They are us”, spoken in the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque attacks, was voted the Massey University quote of […]
9 October 2020Uncategorized Chewable chunks One of the great challenges when cycle touring is how to mentally cope with the scale of the task. One end of […]
3 October 2020Uncategorized Focusing on the journey The hardest step of the journey is the one you take out your front door. After that it’s all downhill (or uphill, […]
23 September 2020Uncategorized Taking stock Yesterday (September 22) was another happy day in New Zealand, as the majority of the country returned to Alert Level 1 conditions, […]
19 September 2020Uncategorized Things I don’t understand Of the many things that I don’t understand, the vast majority relate to human nature. I have questions like, why don’t people […]
16 September 2020Uncategorized Elections & Fantasy Literature When I was a child I really loved fairy stories. I read every single one that was in the library and was […]
12 September 2020Uncategorized When in doubt, garden There is something incredibly cathartic about the acts of planting and caring for plants. For me, it was a seminal moment when […]