Myopic Vision

As someone who will be among the first in the world to ring in the New Year, I thought I'd take this opportunity to post a greeting to you all. I'm going to borrow the words sent to me by my friend Candida Mulrain. I wish that love, peace and joy be yours in full measure. May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had, forget your home address! In simple words... May 2010 be the one best years of your life!!! Happy New Year TO YOU ALL. PS: Incidently if you are at all interested in knowing which points on the globe are the first to greet New Year, then the list is as below: 1st - Kiritimati (Kiribati - Christmas Islands) 2nd - Chatham Island (New Zealand) 3rd ...

Summer finally arrived on Saturday December 5 but not without keeping it's arrival a surprise. The day before (December 4) was dull, windy, extremely wet and freezing. So on Saturday when the sun finally made it's grand appearance I decided to seize the moment and go out to greet the sun, but not before throwing all of my linen into the washing machine. Sadly they stayed soaking in the machine from 10am to 6:45pm due to a massive power outage in my area. On the flip side, they were spotless when they finally came out.

It's the 3rd of December down under in beautiful Aeotearoa. Officially it is the 3rd day of summer. It should be warm, sunny and promising. Instead we are faced with days that are dull, gloomy, cool, wet and windy. It seems like someone forgot to remind the sun to come out and play. If this clearly visible sign of global warming, is not a wake up call for immediate action to tackle climate change, then we ought to bid adieu to the simple things we hold dear. Because let's face it we've abused the planet so much that we've almost lost the right to enjoy it.