Posts by Jackie Clark
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Up Front: Good Counsel, in reply to wendyf,
Tautoko and much aroha, Wendy.
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I thank you for this, Judith. I have only felt that grey fog for one day in my life - yes, honestly - and it was only lifted by some talky therapy. And just recently, I went through a bit of a break down - more a lack of coping than anything else - and once again, talky therapy helped ease the load. And I know many people who, I think I can safely say, may not be here without the counselling that they have sought, or have been offered. That gladdens my heart, that they are still here and in my life. The slashing of funding or withdrawal of any service that genuinely helps people in need makes me fearful. We are increasingly becoming a very petty, judgemental, cruel society and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Oh Hebe, too too sweet. We are, at some point, going to get a 2nd dog - Ruby is so so good with other dogs in the house - but not until she's grown up a bit more. At 2 1/2 she's still very puppyish, and my concern is not so much in the house, but that on walks 2 big dogs would be nigh on impossible. Ru is great onleash, but a puppy will necessitate two-dog walks, of course.
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1. This one is primarily for Emma, who has lemons which are inconveniently located. If you just need lemon juice (for vinaigrettes etc) may I recommend juicing a huge number of lemons, and freezing the juice in icecube trays. Wonderful hack. Also works for egg yolks/egg whites, if you're a baker.
2. I also crumb bread ahead of time, and freeze in plastic bags. I'm a great lover of stuffing me.
3. Scrambled eggs. Never use milk. Never whisk. Just turn as you cook, plenty of butter, plenty of black pepper. -
If you see/hear someone being abused - and you cannot tell me that no-one saw/heard anything apart from the woman being abused - then I am dreadfully sorry (not) to tell you that the bubble you must walk around in is of considerable size. I have been to many events in my longish life - sports events, arts events, whatever event it may be - some held in places where your sight isn't up to much. But people notice things, you cannot say they don't. And those people when they notice things draw those things to the attention of a security or other pertinent person. That no-one did this does, indeed, mean that they were assenting to the behaviour being engaged in. And poorly worded or not, the facts are clear. Hate filled slurs were being bandied about, a young woman addressed her concerns to the people bandying them about, the people bandying the hatred about turned their hatred on her in a most vile manner. You cannot, I repeat, cannot tell me that no-one, no matter how dark it was, heard or saw nothing. I, unlike those in this community who believe this behaviour is acceptable, and that even if it were not, Eden Park cannot do anything about it, did not come down in the last shower. I also repeat, you must be living in a bloody big bubble. We see what we choose to see, we hear what we choose to hear. Being a compassionate being is about choosing to hear and see, and to act on what we witness. We are already becoming a culture of people who choose to ignore the hatred around us, I do not wish to have people included in this community who perpetuate that culture of lack of care and compassion. Those of you of whom I am speaking should examine your motivations for arguing as you have. It is disingenuous to argue about such acts of hatred as though it were a matter of no concern to you
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I can't really believe what I'm reading here. As if hate speech weren't bad enough - and yes, you're guaranteed to get wankers where ever you go including here apparently - these fuckwits then proceeded to poke at her and verbally abuse her. What part of _verbal and physical assault__ do we not understand? You are not allowed to do that to other people. And then, that no-one stood up and defended her? Fuckers. But that's okay, because rugby crowds can be like that?And if you think it's okay to do what these men did to Hannah, then shame on you. I don't go to rugby much - well not in the last 25 years anyway - but I'd have liked to see those bastards do that to me. Because, let me tell you, I work in a community where there are men who are bashy fuckers, and they're terrified of me. As they bloody should be. Any one who condones this sort of behaviour - and in our culture, not doing anything is active assent - should take a good hard look at themselves. No, it's not what should be expected at rugby games, and people who think it sucks are not sensitive flowers but decent human beings who may just enjoy rugby. Pah.
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Oh Hebe - just caught up. Loved that Mama dog was pleased to see 2 babies made it. So sad though xxx
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Oh Hebe, exciting! But a bit of a pain....
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Oh for pete's sake. Here's the video. I wrote a big long explanation of why, but it got lost so there you go. It was meant to be!
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Just to keep the dogs happy, I happen to have dog photos. And a video. Imagine that! The first one is my Mum’s dog Ollie who is, though small, a very bravehearted young man. (As small dogs often are). My mother now has him doing equine things. Yes.
And the next one is of Ruby swimming with a friend. Ruby's never liked the water much, but I had got her to the point where she would go in up to her chest. I knew that it would be another dog that would motivate her, and so it was to be. Wonderful.
