Planting Time

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.

Enumeration

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?

Reality

Why does time in the mountains seem more real than anything else? I’d love to give some politicians a dose of that reality and see if they might come to some sense.