Posts by Jackie Clark
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
I know it lacked all kinds of goodies, but fresh from the bakers, with butter & my mother's raspberry jam - or marmite - whoa, was it good!
Oh dear, oh dear. Now I'm hungry, and reminiscing about Crusty's bread shop in Takapuna. I know it's high on the GI or low or whatever end is bad for you. But really, is there anything better? I think not. And I refuse to eat margerine of any kind. I'm going to die early but at least I ate well!
-
Can you guess which it is?
It has to be the rays. Assuming it is, aren't they the most wonderful creatures. So spiritual. I was lucky enough to encounter a large male on a trip to Kelly Tarlton's. I got there around feeding time, and afterwards, the largest male came over to say hello. He hung his wing over the side of the pool for me to stroke him, and looked straight at me - surprised the crap out of me that this "fish", as I had previously thought of them, was so soul full. And he definitely had soul. Beautiful.
-
A boston bun is round, iced with coconut icing (in pink or white) and contains raisins. If the fruit is missing it's just an iced bun.
see now, that's a sally lunn bun
-
Fantastic post, Emma. It is a thorny question, is it not?
which is the harder job, being a mother, or being a wife
I would interpret that as a question about the separation of roles. Not so much between wife and mother, but between parent and partner. There is a separation in the roles, I think. Look at all the people whose relationships go into freefall when the kids leave home. How to be a partner as well as being a parent. A personal example I can think of would be my mother and father. My mum was a mother and a wife, but I think, whilst she did all the things that mums do, she put more emphasis on her wifey role. My father came first, certainly after we attained the age where we could mostly look after ourselves. I've been party to many discussions with people around this very issue - how do you balance the two roles/jobs? (And they are jobs, I think, in that all relationships require work.) How do you balance all the different roles in your life? Recently I have had occasion to go into super daughter mode. It's required some thought about how to support my mother, and to be there as an effective partner. Time management, seems to be the crux of this argument. How much emotional energy do you give to each relationship?
In my marriage we are best friends
Heh. I never argue with my close friends, like I argue with my husband. I'm not one of those people who believes you marry your best friend. But maybe that's just me.
And yet there are mothers who aren't wives, and wives who aren't mothers.
Yes, count me in. Some people are perplexed by this state of being. Why would you get married if you don't want children? Don't ask me, missus, I still can't figure it out.......
-
O FFS
-
<quote>we went with a friend's 70 year old mother who had a wonderful time.<quote> Well, that settles it. Now I have to go to one. I am officially in awe.
-
I should just add on the downside - a lot of the good things in NZ are not accessible for people who use wheelchairs. Just a couple of steps, an entrance too narrow, a path too rough, a blocked doorway - that's all it takes to create a barrier, and that's not fair.
People in general, and for the most part, only think about people who use wheelchairs when they are forced to, by law, don't they? And when they do have to think about people in wheelchairs, it can be quite tokenistic. I will never forget a colleague at teachers' training college who used a wheelchair. She had to give the course up because practicums were just too hard for her. I always thought that it was incredible that in early childhood education - where we were and are alll supposedly so "PC" - nobody thought about making it easier for this young woman.
-
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've never been to a BDO yet, and each year, I think - maybe this is the year, and each year, I think - there's only a couple of acts I would want to see, and let's face it, I'm not exactly the BDO demographic. It's a young peoples' game, largely, isn't it? Loud music, and mashing and stuff. And yet. And yet, people like Neil Young come to play there. And aren't music festivals the place those acts are made for? So this year, for the first time, yes, I am regretting not having made the effort. Maybe next year.......
-
tiramisu......yummmmm
-
I love holidays like the one you've just had, Hilary. I hope you feel well rested. We live in a lucky country in a lot of ways, don't we?