Monthly Archives: March 2007

bee all

Posted on March 27, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Thelma was the first person who commented to me about it, back before xmas. More recently Gillian said about it too. This year there seems to be fewer honey bees around. Much fewer. In our new place I note there … Continue reading →

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blockages

Posted on March 25, 2007 by lynsey gedye

It seems like ages since I’ve written here – I’ve been ‘enjoying’ a week or so of hay fever and this always leaves me feeling numbed out. I’ve had hay fever before, but since arriving in the capital I’ve found … Continue reading →

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employee satisfaction / employee loyalty

Posted on March 14, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Following on from writing about happiness at work (or the lack thereof), I was interested in a journal article by Kurt Matzler and Birgit Renzl in Total Quality Management (Vol 17, No. 10, 1261-1271, Dec 2006) entitled ‘The Relationship between … Continue reading →

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words on lips…

Posted on March 13, 2007 by lynsey gedye

I wrote recently about happiness at work. It’s quite interesting as there seems to be a number of New Zealanders, or at least people using New Zealand based domains coming to these pages to investigate further. Apparently a number of … Continue reading →

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talkin’ ’bout my generation…

Posted on March 12, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Way back when I was at high school (back when time was measured in epochs rather than nanoseconds) my mate Gavin’s brother Gus was a drummer in a band. It would’ve been a garage band had garages been invented back … Continue reading →

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where are the birds?

Posted on March 11, 2007 by lynsey gedye

One of the attractions of our new home is that it’s closer to the Karori Reserve and I expected to have a greater number and diversity of birds in our garden. I’ve been surprised, and not a little peeved to … Continue reading →

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leaves of grass

Posted on March 10, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Saturday. Suburban. Symphony. The whine of lawn mowers and weed eaters – power tools mulching, chopping, grinding, cutting – the new section of the orchestra. I quite like mowing lawns (so long as the mower starts first time) – it … Continue reading →

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law of diminishing returns

Posted on March 7, 2007 by lynsey gedye

A few years ago I was in Italy and was surprised to get lollies instead of change in a supermarket. It happened in Spain too. Today, I offered 50 cents for a standard 45 cent postage stamp, and received no … Continue reading →

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The PB&J Campaign

Posted on March 6, 2007 by lynsey gedye

Years ago I wrote to the then centre for agricultural wisdom, Massey University and asked for comment/advice/most anything about farming as pollution. At the time I used to walk to work past an open drain. I’d walked passed it through … Continue reading →

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end of the golden weather…

Posted on March 4, 2007 by lynsey gedye

In the weedy light of the full moon I was cooking for the first time in what seems like ages on our barbeque tonight. It was supposed to be a full and lusty moon – the harvest moon – but … Continue reading →

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