Aging is an extraordinary process, where you become free to be the person you always should have been – David Bowie.
It was my birthday on Thursday, so I wagged work and did a day trip to Akaroa¹ with the nephew. Like me, the nephew is single, child-free, a tad nerdy, and works from home. We rub along quite well together. My birthday is in the ‘busy’ time of year for birthdays, and is the seventh …
Continue reading It was my birthday, so I wagged work and went to Akaroa
My bro in Australia recently emailed an inspiring story to his siblings here in New Zealand about a little Aussie battler (battler: an ordinary person who perseveres through adversity). He thought that in these pandemic days, we could do with a little uplifting. I was immediately suspicious. My bro, although a decent enough man in …
I found this book fascinating. Despite its modest title, ‘Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’ by Caroline Criado Perez, it’s a real page-turner. Before now, I never really considered how much I have to adapt my female body to fit into a world that is predominantly designed for male bodies. …
I still find it hard to come to terms with how my once admired fellow Wokes are no longer Woke as I knew Woke. Now, they just seem to be an angry mob hellbent on random destruction and annihilation. Say one ‘wrong’ word, think one ‘wrong’ thought, do one ‘wrong’ deed, as determined by the new …
I’ve been trying to play ‘patriarchy chicken’ for a while now, and I’m not very good at it, to be honest. My habit of how I move through the world is so ingrained that I don’t even realise that I, like most women, do all the ducking and weaving around men, instead of it mostly …
Debbie Hayton, physics teacher and trade unionist, is fast becoming my favourite trans woman. She is a voice of reason and rationality amongst much of the opposite right now. Her blogs are well-written and easy to read. She is also a regular contributor in media publications. Here is the text of her blogpiece called ‘The …
Continue reading The word ‘woman’ is already taken’ – by Debbie Hayton.
Diversity’s good – right? I believe it is, anyway. But what about when a workplace gets a ‘diversity officer’ who wants the employees to do a survey to “reveal their unconscious biases”, as I recently heard about? To me, that smacks of being a diversity police-officer. “We're coming for your thoughts and they had better …
Who doesn't love a bit of mystery? One night in 1969, it seems that an alien space craft, or two, spotted these little skinny islands on the edge of the world. "Might be worth a look", the pilot could have thought to herself. "I'll just drop on in for a quick gander." And there began …
Continue reading The curious case of the crop circles in Ngatea
It's been a miserable ol’ week weather-wise here. I haven’t got out and about much, not only because we’re still in Covid-19 alert level two, but also because it’s been raining and freezing cold. It’s times like this when we realise just how close we are to the Antarctica here in New Zealand. A southerly …
Continue reading Hunkering down, thought-trails, and Ntozake Shange.
We’re like a puppy with two tails here in New Zealand at the moment. Umair Haque, journalist, has petted and praised us so much in the article below, we can hardly contain our delight. I mean, who doesn’t love a lovely pat on the head like this? A small country on the edge of the …
Continue reading New Zealand – on getting a whole heaping of sweet praise from journo Umair Haque
Aging is an extraordinary process, where you become free to be the person you always should have been - David Bowie.
Some of this. And some of that.
"The wound is the place where the light enters you" RUMI
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Words, words, words...pressed.
For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings
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You - philosophical, thoughtful, witty. Me - still thinks fart jokes are funny. We should DEFINITELY get together!
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