Spectrum of information
2025-07-23
I was surprised to learn, not long ago, that my wife, and all my children consider me to be 'on the spectrum'.
The bard and the maiden
2025-07-16
A funny thing happened today, at the Cambridge Farmer's Market.
You've got to have a plan
2025-07-09
Well actually, I've lived most of my life without one; turned up in NZ for the first time in 1980, and apart from a few trips home, have been here ever since.
Traffic Flow in Cambridge
2025-07-03
In 2017 Cambridge got a new roundabout, courtesy of the NZTA, at the intersection of Hamilton Road and Victoria Street, next to St Andrews Church.
The perils of the morning walk
2025-06-26
I went to the doctor last week and she prescribed Escitalopram - an anti-depressant.
Panic at the Vatican
2025-06-23
There was a gay cardinal, love
Austerity, Verity
2025-06-23
There was an old lady called Verity
The plump priest
2025-06-23
There was a plump priest at the Vatican
Intrepid Antarctic Explorer
2025-05-21
An intrepid Antarctic explorer
Grocer Ricardo
2025-05-20
There was a young grocer, Ricardo
The First Appointment with The Urologist
2024-03-22
One of the common aspects of the many consultations Nikki and I have attended in the past couple of months is that we go in with the expectation of coming out with more certainty than when we went in.
A Phone Call From A Surgeon
2024-03-20
The next evening I was surprised to receive a phone call from RF.
Ultrasound Scan
2024-03-19
The first appointment after that initial visit to the GP was an ultrasound scan of the lump in my groin.
The First Visit to the Doctor
2024-03-12
I waited until the day before the appointment before I told Nikki.
How It Started
2024-03-10
One day in February 2024 my wife Nikki felt a small lump at the top of my left leg.
Inconvenient truths...
2022-01-18
Creationism vs evolution - Christopher Hitchens (a while ago now - he died in 2011) said 'The debate is over'.
Valuing our resources
2021-11-30
I wrote, a couple of weeks ago, of my boatbuilding escapades and the large Kauri beams which sit on the floor of my garage pending incorporation into the structure of the boat.
A new life for my kauri
2021-11-16
I'm doing a bit of recycling. Actually I am building a boat, but bear with me.
Vax and fiction
2021-10-05
There seems to be a fair bit of anger in the community directed towards the prime minister.
Yesterday when I was young
2021-09-21
Someone said to me at the weekend that the world is in a mess.