Issue 101

..deliberately flouted and subverted. On the other hand this dereliction of governmental responsibility has given me ample time to attend to my inner thoughts and develop an almost Buddhist tranquillity and acceptance of the vagaries of travel. Or the absence of movement. My Zen training began in my early days of commuting. It was a…

But not for me, however, given that the few tools I had possessed unique migratory habits, flying with the Terns and Godwits to Siberia and beyond; this would leave Bunning’s unique selling proposition looming very large and very empty. Which leads me to Christmas and the inevitable “Wadja wunt” (which is etymologically related to “Emma…

..big smiles from some picturesque extremity of Victoria. So, we walking dilettantes have a much to be modest about, but despite the take-up being less painful than the first time, (I didn’t get the stiff calves for instance – not that you can discern actual calves on my stick legs), I still find walking for…

Issue # 8 Coffee I didn’t have my first cup of coffee till I was about twenty years old. It was at the legendary Stagedoor in Christchurch, as bohemian a joint as could be found in that neck of the woods in 1965. As I recall (and I wouldn’t necessarily put great store by my…

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It has been a hard won battle to gain a universal suffrage and all the associated democratic rights and responsibilities. It is imperfect, but to bring out the Winston Churchill chestnut yet again ”…. it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried…