Skip to content

A Mathom House of Sorts

The collected wisdom of Justin Hygate on the web (it's a small site).

  • About Justin Hygate
  • But why is it called a Mathom House?

Category: Ramblings of a mad man

April 15, 2020 Family - I didn't choose them / observations from domesticity / Ramblings of a mad man

Adding some words about Covid-19 to the huge pile of them that have already been written.

Some words about Covid-19 the lockdown and being lucky to live in New Zealand

October 22, 2019 General muttering / observations from domesticity / Ramblings of a mad man

If it weren’t for your gumboots where would you be?

I’ve replaced my gumboots.  My last pair started leaking. They were a gift from my sister-in-law for a birthday around

Continue reading

Pile of Passports
April 6, 2017 General muttering / observations from domesticity / Ramblings of a mad man / Travel (broadens the mind)

April. Again.

It’s April already.  A whole year-and-a-bit have passed since I scratched (tapped) something out into this digital noticeboard thing.  

Continue reading

February 25, 2016 Landy Love / Ramblings of a mad man

Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels

Well two barrel lock sets actually… I’ll fire the proof reader later. Knowing as I do how much you really

Continue reading

February 19, 2016 General muttering / Ramblings of a mad man / Uncategorized

I think I might change my name to Colin.

  I’ve given myself a scare this week.  I have successfully replaced the speedometer cable in my Land Rover.  As

Continue reading

Clock
September 3, 2015 General muttering / observations from domesticity / Ramblings of a mad man

Marking Five Years Since the Earthquakes Began

Today marks five years since the first big earthquake that hit my hometown, Christchurch. It doesn’t take long for me to

Continue reading

January 27, 2015 General muttering / Ramblings of a mad man

Some thoughts on the late Lynn Saunders

This 27 January marks the 12th anniversary of the death of Lynn Austin Saunders.  Lynn was my first ever ‘real’ boss

Continue reading

December 22, 2014 General muttering / Ramblings of a mad man / Travel (broadens the mind)

Just testing to see if this thing still works.

Hello?  Hello?  Is this thing on? My contributions to this blog have been woeful in recent months. In fact if

Continue reading

May 18, 2014 General muttering / Poetry for the non poetic / Ramblings of a mad man

Convention

Of some things one should never speak. I wonder if they can be typed? What would happen I wonder, if

Continue reading

May 4, 2014 General muttering / Ramblings of a mad man / Uncategorized

I lost my words for a while

Hello world.  I read an opinion piece in the The Press recently relating to the desperation being experienced by some

Continue reading

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 5 Next Posts»

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,050 other followers

Tweets

  • RT @HonestUniverse: What's the bloody point of the Queen of England being New Zealand's head of state if we can't even watch Doctor Who onl… 1 day ago
  • RT @BetteMidler: So we have our very own white Al Qaeda, and our own white Taliban, right here in the USA. After all those shoes we had to… 1 day ago
  • RT @American_Kiwi1: The left: 'Cancels' fascists and nazis The right: 'Cancels' affordable health care, LGBT rights, black lives matter, s… 2 days ago
  • RT @CoriBush: What does it mean when they boo the Black congresswoman denouncing white supremacy? 2 days ago
  • RT @ambernoelle: I hate to tell you this but I think 2021 is three 2020s in a trench coat 2 days ago

Recent Posts

  • Some Thoughts on IACA – My Collection of Lanyards.
  • Fifty Sunrises
  • Adding some words about Covid-19 to the huge pile of them that have already been written.
  • If it weren’t for your gumboots where would you be?
  • A lovely visit to Wellington

Share this blog

Bookmark and Share

Top Posts

  • But why is it called a Mathom House?
  • About Justin Hygate
  • And as the odometer of life gets ready to click over to 2013

Tag Cloud

2011 Air Canada Air New Zealand Annie Apartment Living APEC Auckland Canada Childhood Christchurch Christchurch Earthquake Christchurch Justice and Emergency Services Precinct Christmas Coffee Concierge Service Contact Corporate Registers Forum Covid-19 Dad Death Dominic Earthquake Earthquakes Eastbourne Family Family Holidays Flights Foster Moore Foster Moore - The Registry People Foster Moore Ltd garage sale Garuda Airlines George Clooney Hanmer Happiness Happy New Year Heart Attack Hiroshima holiday IACA Indonesia International Association of Commerical Administrators Internet iPad iPhone Jakarta Japan Jogyakarta Justice Katie Lake Wanaka Land Rover Leaving Life Mauritius Molly Movies Mum New Years Resolutions New Zealand Companies Office Passport Religion Resignation Retirement Rowing Sad Singapore Sragren Sumner Telecom TelstraClear travel Up in the Air Wanaka Wellington
Blog at WordPress.com.
A Mathom House of Sorts
Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel