Posts from January 2025

Fences and Bridges  I found a large pile of railings, palings and posts, stacked on my front lawn when I got home yesterday. Fortunately, I was expecting it. My three neighbours and I have agreed to work together and build a new boundary fence. It needed to happen. The old one was rotten and falling apart. None of us professes to be particularly handy on the tools, however we’re doing the job ourselves to save money. We will soon discover whether…

This is one of my favourite quotes and I have had the immense privilege of seeing it lived out over the summer holidays. We stayed in Kaiteriteri again with a number of families from Ilam. I also had some of my wider family staying as well. They were overwhelmed by the generosity and community that they saw and experienced. From bike rides and playing games at the beach to sharing supper and chatting in the evenings. For board games, walks…

Reflections and ResolutionsI find there is something really nice about the fresh start that New Years can bring. Yes, technically it is just an arbitrary date no different from the day before or the day after. But to me with everything wrapping up for Christmas, my birthday in early January and my siblings heading back to school and leaving for tertiary study later on in February, it definitely feels like a time of change.  Over the last few years I…