Tuesday, May 31, 2005
PS..
I came 4th= in the rugby picks competition. Feel VERY pleased with that. The top 4 were all women - the guys on staff didn't get a look-in! I'm sure they'll say that was because they were far too busy playing to spend time thinking about their picks.
Monday, May 30, 2005
Not much..
..to post about at the mo. It's all work work work.
That may change next weekend, of course. The big party arrives. All us family members with our round birthdays & a big get-together in Wellington. We've done quite well in the last year or two for getting together in one place. The intervals between events are getting smaller. Sometime between now and then I must find a. a memento of my favourite decade (what on EARTH am I going to take???) and b. a bunch of photos for a montage - eek!! Oh, and WHAT to wear????? I feel quite special, as a number of friends are making quite an effort - 2 flying with me from Auckland, and one coming from Dunedin, along with those who are more local to the party venue.
That may change next weekend, of course. The big party arrives. All us family members with our round birthdays & a big get-together in Wellington. We've done quite well in the last year or two for getting together in one place. The intervals between events are getting smaller. Sometime between now and then I must find a. a memento of my favourite decade (what on EARTH am I going to take???) and b. a bunch of photos for a montage - eek!! Oh, and WHAT to wear????? I feel quite special, as a number of friends are making quite an effort - 2 flying with me from Auckland, and one coming from Dunedin, along with those who are more local to the party venue.
Friday, May 27, 2005
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Take a quiz...
Found this quiz on Darren's and Pete's blogs...
I'm highly amused! Imagine being as fundamentalist as you are existentialist??!!!!
I'm highly amused! Imagine being as fundamentalist as you are existentialist??!!!!
 | You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
What is Your World View? (updated) created with QuizFarm.com |
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Pentecost.....
It's amazing how sometimes everything knits together to give a bigger picture sometimes. This weekend seems to have had a theme - but it's only in looking back over it that I can see it.
It started with Hot Air Ballooning (at last!!!) at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning. The balloon depends entirely on the wind currents, and it is the skill of the operator, causing it to rise or lower to catch the wind going in the desirable direction, which causes the balloon to have any direction at all.
Then, this morning, I drove a close friend out to the airport, to travel to England to live for a while. When she ticked the "leaving the country permanently" box, I cried, and again when she went through the gates. I will miss her a lot - we have had much common ground in our family histories, and shared a lot of hard times. The mastery of flight, and utilising the aerodynamics and lift and all that stuff, means she's now nearly in KL, and probably more than ready to hit the bed in her hotel.
And tonight we celebrated Pentecost. The imagery people often have is the flames, but I think of the rushing wind. During the course of the prayer stations, I thought of a poem I met in my youth, by Ulrich Shaffer, from Into your Light. I don't think I am remembering it correctly or completely, but here goes:
"I am persuaded by the dandelion
to take the wings of the updrift
to fly
to parachute into enemy territory
to fall to the ground
to be trampled on
to die
and so
to give birth to a whole generation of flyers."
from yesterday morning:
It started with Hot Air Ballooning (at last!!!) at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning. The balloon depends entirely on the wind currents, and it is the skill of the operator, causing it to rise or lower to catch the wind going in the desirable direction, which causes the balloon to have any direction at all.
Then, this morning, I drove a close friend out to the airport, to travel to England to live for a while. When she ticked the "leaving the country permanently" box, I cried, and again when she went through the gates. I will miss her a lot - we have had much common ground in our family histories, and shared a lot of hard times. The mastery of flight, and utilising the aerodynamics and lift and all that stuff, means she's now nearly in KL, and probably more than ready to hit the bed in her hotel.
And tonight we celebrated Pentecost. The imagery people often have is the flames, but I think of the rushing wind. During the course of the prayer stations, I thought of a poem I met in my youth, by Ulrich Shaffer, from Into your Light. I don't think I am remembering it correctly or completely, but here goes:
"I am persuaded by the dandelion
to take the wings of the updrift
to fly
to parachute into enemy territory
to fall to the ground
to be trampled on
to die
and so
to give birth to a whole generation of flyers."
from yesterday morning:
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