Just as my browser refreshed to tell me that I had successfully published my post about Full House, my house started shaking. Magnitude 5.2, in Pegasus Bay, just off New Brighton. I managed to get my chair pushed back and was ready to dive under the desk if things built any more, which is several …
Tuesday poem – “Fault”
A mistake. An error of judgement. A penalty brought against a quiet city. Stroll through the park, lunchtime almost over. A defect, a small disappointment. A summer day laden with clouds, grey light that softens the walls, the stone and brick, the glass. Less than expected. Someone to blame. A sparrow rests lightly on the …
And a-bloody-gain
Just a brief post to say that we're ok. I was with my sister-in-law in a shop upstairs in Riccarton Mall when it hit, and I have to say it wasn't an entirely pleasurable experience. But we're ok, and back home safely. And deeply impressed with how well everyone behaved - plenty of fear, but …
Signing off for 2011
Hard to believe the year is nearly over. Feels much longer. And much shorter. So much has happened. So much lost. We did the Cathedral walkway last weekend – a friend who has already done it commented tat it was a bit like being told someone had died and then being shown the bed they’d …
A Walking Tour through the shattered
It’s finally here. CERA have set up a walkway into Cathedral Square, and will be allowing 300 people per hour over 22 hours of the weekend to walk down Colombo St, and into Cathedral Square. There’s a video you can view here, with Warwick Isaacs (General Manager Operations for CERA) walking the route, talking about what …
A Dark Feathered Art 