When dawn broke this morning I wished I hadn’t looked at my phone as I plugged it in last night. If I had just ignored the screen I could have woken up ignorant of New Zealand’s descent back down the COVID-19 Alert Levels (and had a better sleep too). I was all full of ideasContinue reading “Damn…”
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Contrasts
Sitting in a café in Sumner, Christchurch, reminds me how much I like contrasts. Sumner and Gibbston are quite different in a considerable number of ways. In Gibbston at present there is snow on the mountains (if a rather thin cover for mid winter) while in Christchurch yesterday the sun and warm air felt likeContinue reading “Contrasts”
Are We Nearly There Yet?
Who has memories of being in the car on the journey to the long awaited holiday destination? ‘Are we nearly there yet’ is the phrase that might have resulted in your parents’ temper boiling over. And it might be the phrase that results in your temper boiling over if you currently have children of yourContinue reading “Are We Nearly There Yet?”
Am I a grown-up yet?
Recently I went to someone’s house in Dalefield, near Queenstown, and found myself wondering whether that house was a real grown-up house and I hadn’t realised that our house wasn’t a ‘proper’ one. I realise that this feeling might seem quite ridiculous to someone who has visited our house, which I would admit is prettyContinue reading “Am I a grown-up yet?”