When big’s not better

After writing the other day, about the price of fuel being driven up by Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, and the subsequent price gouging by local businesses that followed, I thought I’d share a few…

I’m old enough to remember the fuel shock of the 1970s, when for numerous reasons, the price of petrol and diesel went through the roof. And here’s an observation I made then, that is just…

I’ve never been a traveller, there’s been no desire to go anywhere, and I’m happy with that. And few regrets either, because there’s no point in regrets. Then my circumstances changed a bit, when against…

I swear the place is getting worse every day, and I don’t recall a time in my life, when so many nonsensical happenings are occurring on such a regular basis. Or when so much of…

Currently from our garden, we are enjoying the most delightful watermelons and cucumbers, along with the more common garden vegetables we always grow, every year. Little gives us more satisfaction, than a salad prepared entirely…

I’m sick of the polls. They started two minutes after the last election and have been relentless ever since. This is not even a political statement, but this current coalition, and for that matter, the…

I’m a fan of the Emissions Trading Scheme and I’ll tell you why straight away – I don’t want anyone to be under any illusions. We have lots of reverting scrub that qualify for ETS…

I saw in recent news, that most of Auckland’s beaches were deemed unswimmable because of faecal contamination, sewage in the water, and that surprise, surprise, Wellington, is dumping sewage in the water as well  –…

In the past six million years all, or most, of New Zealand has been under sea twice and every piece of our earth between our hilly tops has eroded away, and that’s where our flat…

We are in the winter of our lives and are not complaining about it. If we are going to live to 100, we are in the early winter, but we are not, so it’s late…