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Nov 6, 2021

Will it take 2,000 years to eradicate COVID-19?

The definition of ‘insanity’ is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein Smallpox A pox on both your houses! Shakespeare W., Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene1. There were two types of pox in existence in the time of the Bard; Syphilis, a…

Smallpox

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Will it take 2,000 years to eradicate COVID-19?
Will it take 2,000 years to eradicate COVID-19?
Smallpox

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Aug 15, 2021

When is an ordinary life an extraordinary life?

On Thursday morning ten days ago, my sister’s world changed forever. She went to wake her 20-year-old son and found him unresponsive, kneeling on the floor by his bed. Any death is a terrible thing, but an unexplained death is even worse. The death of a child or a young…

Parents Worst Nightmare

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When is an ordinary life an extraordinary life?
When is an ordinary life an extraordinary life?
Parents Worst Nightmare

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Feb 25, 2021

My First Love and My Me Too

All actions have consequences… I liked Lynette. She was attractive in a blonde, Sharon O’Neil Asian Paradise, shark-tooth necklace way but more striking was that she was the first girlfriend I’d ever had who kept everything to herself, even secrets. She had a cool boyfriend, Graham, who, to my 20-year…

Me Too Movement

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My First Love and My Me Too
My First Love and My Me Too
Me Too Movement

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Feb 16, 2021

Fee Fi Fo Fum

When a nightmare is actually a reality It was Easter Monday morning in 2010. I had plans to drive from my home in Upper Hutt to my friend Patricia’s farm on the outskirts of Carterton in the Wairarapa. As well as being my boss and an astute businesswoman, Patricia was…

Violence Against Women

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Fee Fi Fo Fum
Fee Fi Fo Fum
Violence Against Women

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Feb 14, 2021

Jordan’s Compromise

We should do what we have to do to be happy — I was sitting with my work-buddy and friend, let’s call him Jordan, in the late afternoon sun on the steps of Atlanta, on the Terrace in Wellington. It was a Friday late in summer, one of those rarest of days in Wellington when it is warm because there is no…

Compromise

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Jordan’s Compromise
Jordan’s Compromise
Compromise

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Feb 9, 2021

What we leave behind us

What we leave behind are the memories we leave with others A few years ago a friend asked me if he should write a book about his life. I thought carefully before I replied. …

Lockdown

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What we leave behind us
What we leave behind us
Lockdown

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