Monthly Archives: February 2007

do all the good you can

Posted on February 26, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Back at work today – and yet the sun shone perfectly. All around me in downtown Wellington people were stuck indoors, in suits, in lifts, in a rut…and meanwhile another beautiful day comes and goes and nothing beneficial seems to … Continue reading →

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our story begins…

Posted on February 25, 2007 by lynsey gedye

It’s seven pm – 19:00 hours. I’m in bed, writing, with a bottle of chilled summer ale close at hand. A moment, while I have a sip – ahhh. I’m not in bed this early because I’m unwell, rather it’s … Continue reading →

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There’s got to be more to life than fighting for fish heads!

Posted on February 24, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Have you ever enjoyed a book, a movie, and the sound track to the movie – only to find you’re perhaps the only person in the world who did enjoy the any part of the package? No? For me, I … Continue reading →

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drag and drop

Posted on February 23, 2007 by lynsey gedye

We moved most of the garden today – at least, those parts of the garden we intended taking with us. The biggest production number was moving the goldfish (and their pond). I wish the exercise had been more like the … Continue reading →

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home, sweat home

Posted on February 22, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Phew! We finally mostly made it. Still got a few bits and bobs to move, but we’re 90% in our new home. Excitingly our living/dining room could be mistaken for a secondhand furniture salesroom, and there’s an entire world of … Continue reading →

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happy birthday to you…

Posted on February 21, 2007 by lynsey gedye

This man has manage to take one of the richest and powerful countries in Africa – literally the jewel in Africa’s crown – back into the economic stone age. In just 27 years. And today is his birthday. Hoo-rah! According … Continue reading →

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on the road again

Posted on February 20, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Back in the early 80s my sister, my nephew, and I did a road trip from Melbourne (Australia) across through the Grampions, to Adelaide, and then back along the coast road. It was in January, it was hot. HOT. HOT!!! … Continue reading →

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happy new year!

Posted on February 18, 2007 by lynsey gedye

In keeping with the spirit of the year of – not only the pig, not only the fire pig, but the golden pig as well (once every 600 years) we’ve started moving into our new home. It feels as though … Continue reading →

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happy hour – at work?

Posted on February 16, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Chief Happiness Officer Alexander Kjerulf has published a book entitled ‘Happy Hour is 9 to 5‘. Happy at work? Are you mad? I’m writing at home this morning, while my colleagues are working. I’m happy, make no mistakes. Kjerulf has … Continue reading →

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tribal affiliations

Posted on February 13, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Sit down, children, let me tell you a story… Way, way back in the past, near the dawn of the 1980s a BritBand called ‘Frankie Goes To Hollywood’ dropped a single eventually released on the ZTT aka ‘Zang Tumb Tuum’ … Continue reading →

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