Blogs about: John Haines
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The Sandhills Above Ahipara
Our hiking group has been rained out the past couple of Wednesdays. But the following pictures are from a walk a few weeks ago along the low tide road (I use this term liberally) to Shipwreck Bay. The… more →
In Search of Simplicity
Local Elections - May 2012
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wrote 2 days ago: We are delighted to have been elected to serve the people of Stratton St.Margaret and South Marston … more →
The Sandhills Above Ahipara
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wrote 1 week ago: Our hiking group has been rained out the past couple of Wednesdays. But the following pictures are f … more →
Kaitaia Walkway Lookout
wrote 4 weeks ago: Last Wednesday we scored a stunning autumn day for our hike to a lookout above Kaitaia giving super … more →
Visionary Artist Dan Rhema on Voices from the North
wrote 4 weeks ago: If it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger . . . but with a limp. Dan Rhema When I started recordi … more →
Smokehouse Bay Walk March 14, 2012
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wrote 2 months ago: This was another beautiful place visited by the hiking group. I’d only been here on a friend … more →
Mataia Bay March 7, 2012
wrote 2 months ago: Lucia and I had a wonderful walk yesterday at Matai Bay. The photos above and below are of the same … more →
Spottswoode & Haines
wrote 2 months ago: I have just been given this open bottle of Cabernet to try and my friend Lee, who visited yesterday, … more →
Honouring the Dream
wrote 3 months ago: Barry Brailsford Barry Brailsford has done much to rewrite the history of the colonization of New Ze … more →
'A Winter Light' by John Haines
wrote 3 months ago: We still go about our lives in shadow, pouring the white cup full with a hand half in darkness. Pari … more →
Do We Stop to Notice Beauty?
wrote 3 months ago: My thanks to Nancy for the following true story: A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and s … more →
Building the Alaskan Log Cabin: The Careful Construction of Imagery
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wrote 3 months ago: The experience of exploring a new region through literature is often artistic. The choice one makes … more →
To John Haines
wrote 3 months ago: A chickadee calls outside my window from the bare winter branches of the crape myrtle. Inside, your … more →
Waitangi Celebrations
wrote 3 months ago: Dame Malvina Major Lucia and I went to Paihia yesterday, completing a beautiful four hour hike – the … more →
Pete Grassby at the Mangonui Ceili January 2012
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wrote 4 months ago: Peter Grassby in the Mangonui Hall More Mischief and Mayhem in Mangonui Mangonui Céilí co-founder Fi … more →
New Year, New You?
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wrote 4 months ago: I arrived in Fairbanks for the second time on April 29. Winter’s footprint was still stepping pretty … more →
Wherever You Go, There You Are
wrote 4 months ago: Wherever you go, there you are. No one knows for sure who said the above but when I first read the … more →
Solstice: Celebration and Observation
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wrote 5 months ago: At Celtic Stonehenge the understanding was primitive. The sun’s progress, it is speculated, w … more →
The Great Invocation Revisited
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wrote 6 months ago: For some years now I have connected each morning in a triangle meditation with two people living in … more →
Bringing Books to the Poor
wrote 6 months ago: John Wood With Some of the Children He Has Helped For anyone who’s read my review of Greg Mortenson’ … more →
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