Posts by Geoff Lealand
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Paste Magazine's ''The 5o Best Songs of 2015' * is fun. Gin Wigmore "Written in the Water" at #36 and Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Can't Keep Checking My Phone" at #13.
* can't seem to link on my iPad but you can find it easily with a search,
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Home for the past 23 years has been Grey Street in Claudelands, Hamilton. Which has mean’t the occasional snide comment about the city (7 Days et al). But this home has been good to us and those who came before us, since it was built in 1921.
Hamilton East School (130 years old), down a set of steps and up a short rise, shaped our two children well,
We recently re-lined the hallway, uncovering 7 layers of wallpaper–the oldest was a hand-blocked design made in England, We are a short step away from the Thai Shop, the Dumpling House, Scoff’s Takeways for Grownups and Playways Toy Shop. Ten minutes walk to the Lido Cinema across the Claudelands Bridge, with the river slipping by far below.
The front garden has been through its spring cycle; firstly, the azaleas; then the purple wisteria, and the flowering cherry–until it looks like it is snowing with falling petals. In the back garden (two levels of rich river silt), the raspberries are developing, artichokes, asparagus and broad beans are ready to harvest, the tomato plants are growing tall, and the quince and apple trees are heavy with young fruit, -
Emma; apologies for the terrible typo. That last word should be 'tale'.
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Emma; A little off topic, but congratulations for the well-deserved winning story in the Sunday Star-Times short story competition. Just read it this morning; a deceptively simple fake.
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Oh, good. I have been waiting for this.
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RWC 2015 was great but the final on Sunday morning left me very pleased rather than overwhelmed, which was the experience of the 2011 final. Curiously, the Japan vs South Africa encounter was more thrilling. I think it might have been something to do with media over-kill and sycophantic politicians this time around.
Did my bit for UK readers in my latest contribution to cstonline, at :
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Bikes, eh? I now have two: my Avanti Explorer 2, which serves me well and another, which I am not sure whether is a toy or something really, really useful. My favourite local Placemakers had a silent auction for charity (prostrate cancer) and I successfully put in a bid for a Makita electric bike. It is sort of a cross between a Raleigh 20 and a power tool. Not sure whether I look like a dork riding it but it offered welcome assistance in yesterday's late afternoon head-wind,
Some sarcastic bastard suggested it might be a transition to a mobility scooter...! -
Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to Rob Stowell,
There is also some interesting academic writing, such as Olive Jone's 'insider-researcher' PhD at the University of Waikato (2011) and a 2o12 MA from Massey by Robert Jenkin (another 'insider' perspective).
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Before it suffers more strange tilting ...
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Must move that caravan one day .....
