A story of the September 2010 earthquake in Canterbury, NZ, on its anniversary.

Fourteen years ago on the 4th September 2010, Canterbury, NZ, was struck with was what to be the first of several earthquakes over the next year and a bit. The most destructive of these was on 22nd February 2011, but that was still a few months away. At the time of the September earthquake, I …

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I’m stealing an idea from this local business to ‘driftwood’ my stone non-garden area.

In a move to write again after several months' hiatus, what better way to get back into it than with a title that's possibly mystifying to some. If you understood it, though, perhaps you’re a creative right-brain thinker, even if that is scientifically unproven. However, going with that, because it’s more entertaining than sticking with …

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