Posts by Hebe
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Great news; more life in town. Well done Sally et al.
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to Sacha,
Piko moved to Stanmore Road for a year or three. The old part of the Kilmore Street building is down; the new part survived, just.
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Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally), in reply to David Haywood,
About now is the "what the fuck have I done" phase of the process. It gets better, promise.
All is not lost: the Dunsandel Store/Cafe sells a decent pie.
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Guts and mud; and glory will soon be yours. Congratulations to you and your family for seeing this plan through. (A great experience for the children too: a patch of dirt, water and some battered old trucks will keep them amused for hours after this example.)
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Just thinking,
Ouch; I was insensitive. I loathe the thuds and thumps and feel daily blessed that I do not work near the red zone. Not only the noise ,but the demo dust must contain all sorts of nastiness -- and I have seen nothing that makes me believe air quality is being managed (or that it is even possible to manage). A sticky grunge covers the outside of our house now -- I thought it would stop once the liquefaction down the road and around the corner was dealt with. I'm assuming there is a lot more dust in the air from the demolitions (the CBD is 2 to 3km from our house near the base of the hills).
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Hard News: War, now and then, in reply to Islander,
A waste, indeed. I heard yesterday only four warhorses came back to this country.
My partner's father was at Hiroshima a months or so after the bomb was dropped. He's severely hammered by it and has only just started talking about it. But it's to the grandchildren, not his children. And, unfortunately, with the "appropriateness" filters of his mind dented by a series of strokes and very old age, the reminiscing has been horrific for the children (the tales he told them were the most graphic I have ever heard or read, anywhere). I cannot comprehend what it must be like to carry that in your head.
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Hard News: War, now and then, in reply to Just thinking,
ANZAC day for me ....
I had a grandfather who landed at Gallipoli at 18 years old and was wounded, fought at one of the other big ones, and rounded off with the Somme and his leg shot off. Back in NZ minus a leg by 21.
He never talked about it but every year Anzac Day was sacrosanct: Dawn Parade, breakfast and back home shickered by 1pm. (The only day in the year he got ratted.)
The point I am making is that the commemorations weren't for us, his grandchildren -- or his children or his wife -- they were for the former soldiers. We weren't invited, and we didn't dare ask.The nearest we got to knowing about "the War" was peeping at the spare wooden leg in the hall cupboard.
It has taken a long time for this country to come to terms with World War I and II. I hope that healing may now be happening with distance, because the psychological effects suffered by those soldiers have been passed down through the generations and are still being felt, especially by males in our community. We had two generations of traumatised fathers and uncles and grandfathers in our country, and many are still living, and that has had an incalculable effect on the men, their families and our society.
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Alex, you have a fine way with that camera. All are powerful, some are mesmerizing. Thank you.
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Muse: What The Frig, Police?, in reply to Russell Brown,
Special Operations Planning Group (SOG)
Wet blanket?
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Southerly: Coming Up For Air, in reply to Joe Wylie,
It's the "no cars over three years old" rule that is news to me. The very opposite of a sustainable city. Ngai Tahu should hang their heads in shame for joining in. My only favourable for gated subdiviisons is that they keep the people who think like that corralled together.