by thadmin | Feb 19, 2009 | La Di Da
We find ourselves back in Thames, New Zealand. We’ve spent the better part of a week in a bach (‘batch’, or cottage) at Hot Water beach. Can’t remember if I wrote of it before… However, there are some spots on the beach near some rocks...
by thadmin | Feb 13, 2009 | La Di Da
Ok. First thing: I had always wondered where ‘Old Zealand’ was before coming down here. Turns out it was named by Abel Tasman (of Tasmania fame), who was Dutch. ‘Zee Land’ means something close to ‘Sea Land’, and as t was new to him...
by thadmin | Feb 7, 2009 | La Di Da
Ultra quick post. We arrived yesterday at 0600 and went back to Jen’s place where we lounged, met Mag (who is wonderful), and then trundled off to Karekare beach. Those familiar with the film “The Piano” will know the place, as it was filmed there....
by thadmin | Feb 2, 2009 | La Di Da
How odd its been. Really very much like getting in an elevator in one city and then back out in another city. As Carrie put it over dinner, it felt like we were just ‘dining’ in Scarborough or something. By ‘dining’ I mean IHOP...
by thadmin | Dec 5, 2008 | La Di Da
Tonight, while putting Finney to bed, I thought I’d ask her a couple of questions about people she knows and what she remembers of them when they aren’t right there in front of her. I thought first to ask her what she remembers about her Bestefar, my own...
by thadmin | Dec 2, 2008 | La Di Da
Steel grey sky this morning. I see a few tenacious leaves sagging slightly in what must be a slight breeze outside, but other than that the world is quiet and waiting for the day and spring – now four months hence. I sit at our dining room table, tapping away on...
