Posts by Lilith __
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Up Front: One, Redux, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
it is these individual initiatives and responses that speak loudest to me and reinforce the place of art as one of the pillars of a balanced society…
This. The flowers in cones and the river and other assorted locations really made me smile. And realising how many thousands of people must have individually contributed the flowers was even better.
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Up Front: One, Redux, in reply to Russell Brown,
And yet this ordeal brought you to us, and that’s been such a good thing Lilith.
Russell, you dear man. Now I am crying.
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David, Happy Birthday for yesterday and I’m so pleased you’re all comfortably in the Earthquake Village! They started building that in the aftermath of the disastrous Emergency Caravan Park which attracted only one resident, and some were sceptical that it would be used, but there you are! Best of luck with the next part of the process.
[and yeah: what Bart said. Beware Daleks bearing balloon animals]
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Up Front: One, Redux, in reply to Emma Hart,
You people are pretty fucking awesome. You found ways to engage and to help with something that didn’t directly affect you. You gave us sympathy and strength and shelter.
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Public Address people have been hugely important in keeping me sane through all of this. I expect Chch people to understand automatically, but all you folk in other parts of the country have made such an effort to understand and care for us. I appreciate your support and kindness more than I can say.
And Emma, your columns have really helped, too. You've been so open about your own feelings, it's helped me to be open about mine. And feel that I wasn't the only one struggling to keep it together! You're a brave and wonderful lady, if you'll forgive the term. ;-)
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It’s a beautiful warm still morning here and bellbirds singing in my garden, but today still feels scary and sad and oppressive; I’ll be glad when the day’s over.
I’d like to be at the memorial but I can’t face it. There have been so few opportunities to forget the distress and tragedy of our ongoing situation!
Arohanui to you all. If there’s one good thing to come out of all this, it’s the fellow-feeling here in Chch. Our circumstances and reactions may differ, but no-one is unaffected. There’s been so much kindness and compassion; I hope we can find a way to build a new and stronger city together, without descending into exhaustion, bitterness and infighting.
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I know willows are a noxious weed in some places, but they also make great dens!
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bless that Dalziel and his hammer
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Southerly: Deconstruction and Construction, in reply to Raymond A Francis,
David, you tell a ripping yarn! :-) I’m so pleased things are going more smoothly for you. And you’re actually going to live in the Linwood earthquake village, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve biked past it and wondered if it was really real!
Bob the builder, hasn’t he grown
I was trying not to say this, but Raymond has said it for me. :-) What a clever (and handsome) young man. I'm speechless with admiration at the t &g dulcimer-case.
Re: spa pools: aren’t they a nice sensuous relaxing hot bath you can have outside in cold weather? With or without friends? That’s what I thought the point was.
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Up Front: A Real Character, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
River can be analysed problematically as one of Whedon's Kickass Skinny Pretty White Teenage Girls Thing
Surely River is at least bi-racial.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Islander,
Here is a handsome cicada on my new neighbours' letterbox.
