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Hard News: Where do you get yours?, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Bart – despite a cataract operation in my dominant left eye (which has given me better vision than I have ever had before – waua! waking up and actually being able to see! Right now!) I havent craved any kind of e-reader.
I just relish enhanced sight in my dominant eye (and cherish the close-up vision I still have in my right eye.)
Cheers!
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to Bart Janssen,
Nah. David of 'Ota' fame is pointing out the fatuity of the berloody media.
All will be well this coming morning-
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"at the top.
there is no after:
at the bottom,
there is no where:
when & what
are your questions-
who is your answer?"(My lengthy koan...)
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aeolian cadences!
When you listen to birds as much as I do – and when you have the exceptionally good hearing that I do-
you realise that birds sing to and with the wind – as well as with each other- and with other sound factors* in their world-most of us are sound-numb/dumb- we lack what we should be hearing/sharing
because we listen to auditory crap from an early age-* insects, especially cicadas, are often incorporated in tui song. Cicadas are reciprocal- but both tui & korimako will use tropes from other intruiging sounds
(telephone rings!) - for a while- -
OnPoint: Student Loans are Loans (Duh.), in reply to BenWilson,
I think his heart is in the right place, and he may be right about the benefits of attracting the best talent. It should be a question for which evidence can help in decision making.
Ben, whether you intended it or not, that is *so* fucking patronising mate- a humble poet throws justifiable wrack at you-
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Lilith __,
It was learning that Rawhiti domain was - changed -that blew my mind.
That was a tiny bike-ride down the road...a trike-ride/I did it-
Leaver Terrace/BowhillRoad -my area, along with North Beach Primary - where I grew up as a wee kid, and the beaches east-
no loss of place is trivial - in our ways, for our own loved places, we grieve -
Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Lilith __,
Well, I wouldnt want to impose on anyone Lilith – but there or surrounding areas -aint family places in Chchch(and they used to be out at Waikuku Beach as well) any more…as we keep telling each other we are *extremely lucky* inasmuch
we had other places to be in, go to...doesnt help the hurt of old places gone, that we used to inhabit-
BUT, so many others are in much more dire straits- -
Legal Beagle: A matter of conscience, in reply to Chris Waugh,
AE!
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Lilith __,
Because all my family places are demolished/red-dead just now, the only thing I can suggest - oo, where-ever you can suggest?
I grew up in North Beach - that's gone [-
but a nice drinking session -anywhere! Cool! Ka mihi aroha mai na n/n Keri -
Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Hebe,
Huia?
I've been working on a....urrrm, poetic thing for Huia Publishers...for the past 7 years...they probably hate me, because it has transgressed all contractual time lines, but - because I love Brian & Robyn , because I love huia, because I will do my best by Huia publishers, I WILL do my best-
money isnt the motivator, excellence is-