Hello everyone, It may have been a surprise last Sunday to hear I’m retiring from 24 November.  A little earlier than expected, perhaps, though I am older than I look on a good day!  I turn 68 in January 2020.  It is time to use the energy I still have...

Hello everyone, What a grey drippy day it is today!  I’m writing to you on Thursday because I will be at a funeral in Dunedin on Friday but I am sure Friday will be grey and drippy too! Thank you for the supportive comments I received last Sunday.  My tears...

Hello everyone, The highlight of this week was the meeting with “The Pastor and the Iman” – two Nigerian religion leaders from opposites sides of the Christian-Muslim divide who have come to know and respect each other.  They now work worldwide to increase trust...

Hello everyone, No, it was not Fathers’ Day last Sunday.  For those of you who need to keep the date, it is the second Sunday in September where it has always been.  I think I got swayed by TV advertising and because the ads had been on for more than a few...

Hello Everyone, At university I was privileged to be lectured in art history by Tom Esplin. I remember talk of the architect Gaudi and the tragedy of his sudden death when Sagrada Familia cathedral, Barcelona, was partially complete.  Gaudi began on the cathedral...

Hello everyone, When decluttering a dualistic approach works well. ‘Keep’/’Don’t keep’ is the basic division. Then in the ‘don’t keep’ there is recycle/donate/sell – not so dualistic, more tri-alistic (if there is a such a word!). Life in general requires more...