Aging is an extraordinary process, where you become free to be the person you always should have been – David Bowie.
After my last (long ago) post about my first kitten fostering gig, which ended with - “My next fostering gig is starting today. This time I’m getting an older cat who is being put up for adoption straight away, so I shouldn’t have her for long. I anticipate a slightly less eventful period, this time” …
My first kitten fostering gig is done. After two months, in a score out of ten, it was somewhat of a less than perfect result as far as socialising the two of them enough for adoption goes. My sister and I have agreed, by mutual understanding, that I’m no kitten whisperer. If it had been …
What to do on a sunny Sunday but drive to the beach. Not a relaxing well-behaved beach, though, where a dip, a lie down, and a gentle stroll are par for the course. Here on the east coast of the South Island around Banks Peninsula way we don’t rate very highly in the picture-postcard-type of …
Life’s been a bit topsy turvy lately. I’m a person who likes order, so I don’t actively go seeking disruption, yet I can’t always keep my hand from raising itself to get involved in a matter or volunteer for something. It seems to act of its’ own accord, and then wouldn’t you know it, life …
Much to my dismay, I have become fussy about the quality of garlic I use. No one who knows me would associate me and my palate with the word ‘refined’, so getting fussy about garlic is rather unexpected. Apart from being vegan, I’m not particularly particular about what I eat. I’m especially not particularly particular …
So, my grand-nephew is getting another write-up about him here. Although I do quite like him, I swear I’m not besotted – but he is quite smart, artistic, intelligent, athletic, and personable. Seriously, I’m not vicariously skiting or anything, just saying. And he indirectly shares some of my DNA, so what’s not to like? 😊 …
Continue reading The World Vision 40-hour famine that wasn’t.
My grand-nephew turned eleven years old recently (how did that happen, when he was a baby only yesterday?), and had a paintball birthday at Ferrymead Paintball. I was invited to join in the shoot-out shenanigans, and did ponder on it briefly before declining. My memories of the original paintball game here in Canterbury, NZ, many …
It was awesome to wake up to the news today that another sporting body has made a decision to protect women’s sports at the elite level. FINA - swimming’s world governing body - alongside World Rugby, has now implemented new transgender participation policies to protect women’s participation. Back in October 2020, World Rugby were the …
Continue reading FINA, the world governing body for swimming, protects women’s swimming at last.
A fellow blogger wrote this fascinating snippet about the art created by WW2 Japanese prisoners of war in New Zealand. My fellow blogger attends a series of very interesting talks for 'third age' people in Canterbury (our province) called U3A, dedicated to the stimulation of lifelong learning. https://www.u3anetcant.nz/ Here's her blog-piece - Oriental Art 7 …
Continue reading Art created by Japanese prisoners of war in New Zealand
Who knew that there was a black cat shortage in Palmerston North? I admit that it wasn’t really something I’d spent my time pondering on, and even though I’ve been on a few social crusades in my life, this wasn’t a crusade I thought was in need of a crusader. But such was the dire …
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