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Time to accept reality.
2021-03-23
In the foreword to the recently released United Nations Environment Programme report entitled 'Making Peace with Nature',
Going green by default.
2021-03-16
Something surprising has happened recently in Switzerland.
Getting our priorities sorted.
2021-03-09
There is a lot of hype about Harry & Meghan.
Emergency stop
2021-03-02
When I took my driving test in England in 1979, one of the compulsory manoeuvres was an emergency stop.
Actual reality - deal with it.
2021-02-16
Standing in the shower this morning, I was thinking about reality and its different forms.
Kaitiakitanga
2021-02-09
Brazil loses around 10,000 square kilometres of rainforest per year.
Hello and welcome to 2021
2021-01-19
This morning, on the last day of our holiday, I had a slight shift of perspective.
Finally - the good news
2020-12-22
Sitting at my desk, about to pen my last column for the year, I confess I have no clue what I am going to write next.
Recycle - is it or isn't it?
2020-12-15
We had the annual work do at our house last week; and very pleasant it was too.
On the verge of stupidity
2020-12-08
Travelling on the Southern Motorway last night, towards the Bombay Hills,
Good news - or is it?
2020-12-01
Scanning through the news this morning, I noticed an article on BBC News which claimed 'One of biology's biggest mysteries 'largely solved' by AI.
Don't believe what you read
2020-11-24
It must be the internet - so much information so easily.
Conflicted emotions
2020-11-16
Many years ago a lawyer said to me that the most tiring thing about being a lawyer in his line of work, which was the family court, was permanently being in a state of conflict.
Blind to the specs ...
2020-11-09
I think I lost an argument with the wife last night.
Plastic - How fantastic?
2020-11-02
Great news: Plant-based milk bottles. Fonterra have announced new fully recyclable milk bottles made from sugarcane.
A forcing of nature
2020-10-27
I like a nicely mown lawn, and a tidy garden. So when the sun came out a couple of weekends ago I had no excuses left.
Meat the greens
2020-10-20
Someone said to me a while ago - I'm not a greenie. Fair enough, one doesn't have to be a greenie. But what does that mean?
As simple as 1-2-3
2020-10-13
I've been thinking about the concept of 'indifferent consequence'.
And now for the 'good' news
2020-10-06
One of, if not the only, benefit of flying as close to the deadline as I habitually do is that I can change what I am planning to write at the last minute. My story of two neighbours will have to wait.
On the path of least resistance
2020-09-29
I called in to the dairy at Hautapu yesterday and spotted a poster on the notice board. It was advertising the new Sharing Shed at Country Creche,
