Posts by Islander
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Southerly: Bricks and Mortar, in reply to Lilith __,
O, it might’ve seemed redundant to have ‘sweet sugars’ : sugar-tastes can be cloying (saccarine), or one level (white cane sugar for instance) or the complex that is treacle or
ti-sugar (or honey.) No honey bees in Aotearoa then – ti-sugar and the sugar in treated kelp-stipes were almost all there was…there were 2 other known sources - anybody else know 'em? -
Hard News: Reputation and remuneration, in reply to Hebe,
They will cling, like especially nasty & cancerous bottom feeders, to all manner of power structures because all they actually want is -power. Nothing else. They are not aiming to create jobs, or reform injust law, or create new opportunities for the unemployed, or actually DO anything - they just want to retain the power they currently have - and, if possible - increase it.
I *loathe* them. -
Capture: A Foray into Portraiture, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
O! You brillant centred excellent person!
(And yer other half!) -
Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to David Haywood,
Bless "The Press"!
And thank you very much, all of you, for what is a hope, beacon , guide & incentive for others in ChChCh- -
Hard News: War, now and then, in reply to Just thinking,
That night he also told me of the breakout of Minqar Qaim & he went through the Hospitsal lines, bayonet fixed.
There was an old bloke, veteran of the North African campaigns, who used to bore me almost witless for several years, every time he visited Okarito; he visited me
because
a)I was a pipe-smoker (and he dearly loved his pipe)
b) he could be guarenteed a whisky or 2
c)I did listen - even when I'd heard the stories he told many times before...
He was at Minqar Qaim (he pronounced it 'Minker kai-am') and he NEVER talked about that - just general background to the whole theatre-of-war in that area and how much he revered Churchill, the British Navy, and those elements of the Maori battalions he had met (he was also at Casino.) "God! They sang! Even when they were burying people!" is the best line I remember from Donald...
He came back to his parents' farm on the Coast, brought up a family, planted a *lot* of trees (exotics mainly, but many fruiting or nut trees) and - I only learned this after his death in the late 1980s- never talked about his war experiences with his family. -
Southerly: Bricks and Mortar, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Darfield Charlie could manage that single-handed.
Now, which one he now?
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to StepDoh,
We'll all probably be up for an hour or so yet, just to see the home has got there - aye, indeedy-
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to Emma Hart,
Excellente!
And many thanks e Emma!
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to StepDoh,
Is the new house near the Dog dosing strip? My frequent sing-alongs on drives from Dunedin d
That thing was out on the main drag= no.
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to Emma Hart,
eep watching David on Jen’s Twitter feed at all…
Sometimes – extremely occaisionally – I kick myself for not being on Twitter…
meantime, I keep floating good thoughts out there for the Haywards-