Monday: It's been a while since I got called for jury service. It's also novel to commute by bus for the first time in years. The bus...

It was very interesting to hear what was described by one journalist as the "new Government’s most important and ambitious speech of its...

Wairau Stream with channel markers I've been reflecting on leaders this week, leaders of nations and even just ordinary leaders. This...

Dead tree, Schnapper Rock Rd. I went to an Ash Wednesday service today at St. Peters, Takapuna. I don't think I have ever been to one...

Abandoned Cottage, Meeanee, Hawkes Bay Earlier this week, on the occasion of my mother's 80th birthday, I had cause to remember what my...

Scandrett's Bay Panorama, Mahurangi This weekend I'll be in Napier celebrating my Mum's 80th with family, and Lorna will be preaching....

Before sunrise at Martin's Bay, January 2024 I'm glad to live in a temperate climate in which you can exercise outdoors most of the year...

Three main challenges currently confront the trail runners of the North Shore; storm damage from last summer, Kauri dieback trail...

Just another reminder of our shared service organisation for this summer. As per our previous arrangements, any named offerings will be...

Seine Rd. panorama with Pohutukawa The Pohutukawa seem particularly good this year, blooming as if in sync with Advent. Hopefully they...

Summer is often a time for cultivating tomatoes and various other plants. If summer returns to something resembling normal, I'll have to...

Advent begins and on a three year cycle just like that we are in year B, which focuses on the Gospel of Mark. You will know by now that...

‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.'...

Lately, when I do a long run on my day off from Forrest Hill to Devonport and back, I stop somewhere in Devonport for a long black...

I exited the dentist at noon on Monday with only half my face working, and having been instructed not to eat, drink or rinse for an hour....

This week my bits and pieces of study leave comes to an end. The small matter of finishing the final essay for my supervision course...

I can see the mountain, and I might want to go there, but what obstacles are in my path that I have no knowledge of, and have not...

Is November really upon us? Soon it will be Christmas with all its busy-ness and chaos. This seat in the bush on a hairpin bend reminds...

My running club, being one of the oldest in Auckland, has some people who have been around for a while. We are not full of sprightly...

City from Forrest Hill in evening light Oct 2023 There's a run I often do from home up to Forrest Hill and down into Centennial Park for...