Podcasts

Silent Sundays — our heavenly earth

October 20, 2019

Calm. Blue. Green.

Last leaves of autumn shimmering beside the road to Gisborne

Silent Sunday—autumn shimmer

August 18, 2019

Silent Sunday. Last leaves of autumn shimmering beside the road to Gisborne, New Zealand.

Going nowhere in a glass ship? Disturbing anomalies in retirement

June 24, 2019

What’s it like to retire? Is retirement a great and noble adventure? Or do you feel confused about your place in the world? Has the world changed almost too much in your lifetime? Do you feel stuck, as if your existence is pointless? A glass model sailing ship stirs up ambivalent feelings about life and old age.

Photo of small art deco apartment block in Wellington, New Zealand.

Air Be and Be—a poem

April 26, 2019

I’m an AirBnB host in Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand. A series of always delightful people stay with me for 2–5 days if and when it suits us both.

A black cat walking along a fence top between houses and thinking, "All clear at number 49."

Cat thinkies—neighbourhood watch

March 25, 2019

Local cats patrol the neighbourhood in shifts. Not a bad job on a sunny day.