Thinking about Nepal
Just finished writing a blog post for our CEISMIC blog about the Nepal earthquake, so rather than re-cover the same ground here, I’ll just post a link.
ight, I promised you a description of Tuesday’s pōwhiri. It was due to start at 9.30, but we were instructed to be there at least 15 minutes early, because once the pōwhiri gets started, it’s incredibly rude to interrupt it, so basically, if you’re late, you miss out (and as missing the pōwhiri would have…
Yetzirah and Sherlockfan asked me to explain Minecraft. A tall order, but I’ll see what I can do. So, Minecraft is a computer game that’s completely open-ended and what they call “sand-box” – i.e. you can play it any way you like – there’s no set aim or way of winning. Basically, you are placed…
fter the stinking hot nor’westers at the weekend, the last couple of days have been cold and wet and miserable and back to feeling like winter again. Someone said it even snowed in some parts of town last night! There was definitely a lot of thunder – it was quite weird, actually: I caught the…
Back to work today (yesterday was Waitangi Day), to hundreds of emails, and struggling to get back up to speed with all the projects we’ve got on the go, but I’m sure by the end of the week it’ll feel like I was never away. It did feel very good to be able to shut…
Finally got round to posting off my ornament for the Bookcrossing Ornament Exchange today. Or actually, two ornaments: Yes, there is a bit of a theme there 😉 I got the felt pohutukawa flower ages ago when Mum was up and we were browsing the Ballantyne’s Christmas displays. But then when I was in Wellington,…
Sunday We were up and about way too early for breakfast again, so we decided to make the most of the fine morning and headed back up into the Aorere Valley to the Salisbury Falls. The waterfall is quite a small one, but you could see from the surrounding rocks that it must be a…
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thanks for the link to a thoughtful post and appeal for compassionate donations. I am preparing donation envelopes for a Nepal appeal at our church beginning this Sunday. They need every rupee they can get.