Monthly Archives: February 2014

We went to a birthday party yesterday. It was a joint party for a one-year-old and a three-year-old. It was amazing. No hyperactivity, no fights, no tantrums, and at one stage the three-year-old was heard to say to one of … Continue reading →

  In the course of looking through an old folder that has undergone several, if not many, transferences from one computer to another, I found this great piece of history. It is a copy of a letter I sent to … Continue reading →

Experimentation is the mother of invention, to paraphrase an old saying. I’ve been experimenting (successfully) with a small solar panel to determine the feasibility of supplementing the charging of my 12 volt batteries by a petrol-fuelled generator. In spite of … Continue reading →

Tuesday, 11 February 2104: Back home to Paraparaumu and life in another place. I thought yesterday’s flight was going to be a rerun of our outward trip to the island and the delay of several days we had due to … Continue reading →