Carillon

by | Jun 4, 2005 | Life Journal

There’s a 19 note carillon (bell-tower) in Napier that is controlled by a computer scientist in Christchurch – and he’s loaded it up to play New Zealand music. They ring every day in Napier’s Clive Square. How cool is that?

On cue

by | May 29, 2005 | Life Journal

And on cue, winter has come to town. The mountains are covered in the thick quiet blanket of white that somehow also shrouds the place in a brooding mysticism. I love it like this.Tom and I were swimming in the water off Ruby Island on New Year’s Day and I...

Elicit an email

by | May 24, 2005 | Life Journal

I think in my rationalisation of my many online identities I may have sent the wrong message. I definitely am not seeking to cut contact off with anyone, only to unify things a bit more. The story is that all of my online activities got a bit out of hand. I ended up...

where oh where …

by | May 24, 2005 | Life Journal

Well … it’s been a few days that i’m constantly thinking of you!I have stopped wondering why that might be … i just accept it and go with it! : )What am wondering though, is why is it so hard to communicate with you these days? Is there a...

The Outlook for Thursday

by | May 17, 2005 | Life Journal

It was predictable really that I was going to write less to this once the term started. You often hear it said about childbirth that the pain is never remembered. I think teachers experience a similar phenomenon. We have regular holidays, and it would be during these...