The energy that is you will never be lost.

happy journeys.

samuel.

I remember the day we put Mary-Margaret in the car for the first time (which would be nine years ago today). I was bristling defensive hostility at every other driver on the road.

People have been very generous, both at the…

My wife and I spent most of Saturday evening at our local hospital with my daughter who, fortunately, only has a bad virus. Initially, when I was worried it was something worse, and during that time, I resented every single person, regardless of their age or their…

male teachers need support and encouragement. children need something different. we can do both those things that best by not overreacting and by not ignoring reality.

That persistent xenophobic instinct creates irrational hysteria about about 'the stranger' – but as a herd we will apparently do whatever we can not to have to face that knowledge that danger lives a bit closer.

my favourite lyric is dan…

That whole level of absurdity and incongruity in the way we talk about risk socially fascinates me.

my sister (also an artist) made a peice of artwork, a few years ago now, that was pretty pointed and surprisingly hard to look at.

picture this: a glass…

He got name suppression and a suspended sentence.

yeah, this guy was called peter [something?] and he lived in maketu, BoP. he was an ex-scoutmaster. one of those guys who just work a little too hard to be around boys.

i'm not even sure if he's still alive. but if…

The cynical part of me says that's exactly what the media is after in some cases, fanning the fires of hysteria and fear in parents and others.

I used to think it was cynicism, but that's probably too harsh a view. It's more that people are hard wired to be…

The last one had a neighbour who acted outwardly as a kindly Grandfather figure.

One of the girls in our home was my age (12yrs) and especially close to him.

Every now and again his…

is there an charity name and address people who can't get to Devonport can make a contribution.

more and more often these days there are times when i think i must have walked through a tunnel of light in my childhood for these type of things to not befall me, when they definitely befell children in my neighbourhood.

I also have felt this ...exact image actually Che…

more and more often these days there are times when i think i must have walked through a tunnel of light in my childhood for these type of things to not befall me

I wonder this too, and why, as far as I know, they didn't befall my friends either.…

I didn’t get molested that day in Taupo. I got delivered back to the scout hall. The tractor never tipped over.

more and more often these days there are times when i think i must have walked through a tunnel of light in my childhood for these type of things…

I don't yet have an advertising jpeg for the exhibition, but I expect I can get one. Does anyone have a website they'd be willing to carry it on? I'm sure the organisers would be very grateful.

well here's a scan, cropped, yada yada, not the best quality. it should…

I should clarify here that we haven't been involved in staging this exhibition but our family is gladly giving what help we can.

All the best with the exhibition, I hope it goes well.

Being able to wake up and discover it was a bad dream would be the preferable option,

God yes. The reality is that you wake up from a good dream & reality crashes in.

Our daughter's 15, one of her friends & netball team mates has just been diagnosed with aggressive leukaemia.…

Thanks Deborah. So do I.

I don't yet have an advertising jpeg for the exhibition, but I expect I can get one. Does anyone have a website they'd be willing to carry it on? I'm sure the organisers would be very grateful.

I think that's what motivates us to seatbelts. I…