Kia ora tatou: it has been raining a lot over here, so I have had time to look around on the Net, hence the new posts. I will be offline Sunday through Wednesday next week in the Tankwa Karoo. In the meantime, here a few links you might like to follow: Those of you who [...]
With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. ..It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed day -H.G Wells, War of the Worlds The earth is 12000 km in diameter; the atmosphere which surrounds [...]
Kia ora tatou: Here, for you Mac users, is the wonderful advice Donald has sent me about keeping your Macs running sweetly. BTW, the evangelist on the right is Steve Jobs. Mac fanboys genuflect to him daily. PC users may know of him….in the same way we may have heard of Knockemstiff, Ohio..but who wants [...]
Kia ora tatou: A friend gave me this poem the other day. Prophetic, somehow. It seemed appropriate to accompany it with this image… The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you
Kia ora tatou: The news will be out soon enough, but for those of you interested, the commissioners have reached a decision on the Lammermoor windfarm project . It will go ahead. No doubt there will be appeals. Those of you interested can find out more here or ,if willing to wade through the paperwork, [...]
Kia ora tatou: As some of you know, I am a (woefully inactive) member of Greenpeace, and do what I can ( not enough, really), to support them and what they stand for. I received this email newsletter inviting me to participate on their new website and invite all my friends and family to participate. [...]
Kia ora tatou: It has been some time since I posted on the subject of the environment, a subject about which I am passionate and not a little concerned. I guess my artist’s statement, a text I revisit from time to time, which is still the source code for my work, sums it up for [...]
In December I wrote a post decrying the proposed windfarm on the Lammermoors above Ranfurly. I talked of the visual pollution that would result from erecting 170+ wind turbines in a place that is relatively visually pristine. I commented on the need to clutter the landscape with windfarms, when other measures, such as active [...]
Kia ora tatou: If you thought global warming was a myth, have another look. I received this email from Virginia. Enough said! Dear Tony, Part of my heaven has disappeared! Ivory Glacier has gone. It lay couched in its little cirque in a hanging valley, 600 ft above the Stag River inland from Hokitika. Beautiful [...]
Kia ora tatou: Last weekend, I went to see Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth. I am still somewhat in shock after seeing a potential future for the planet, our planet, laid out so graphically and chillingly. I spent a couple of days trying to find the flaws in it. I want to see the [...]
Alex (16, and new to photography) wanted to post this image and make his own statement about it. He would appreciate your comments. Personally I do not believe in God, but after taking a picture like this I can’t help believing God exists. When we reached the top of the hill and had a look [...]
Tawhirimatea kept his promise, and he continues to do so to this day. Sometimes he is content to listen to advice from his parents and forgive his siblings. On those days the weather is fine, clear, and calm. But sometimes he is reminded of the pain his parents endured when they were separated and the [...]
