A Mathom House of Sorts

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

So I am whole again. My passport arrived this morning, by the hand of our wonderful local courier, Josh. (You

I’d prefer not to have to write this post. But I need to record it. After all it has been

Like so many young New Zealanders, Katherine and I have made the pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove in Turkey. We visited

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

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

And it’s official, I’m heading back to Foster Moore – The Registry People. I hope (and expect) it’ll be

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

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

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable