I don’t think you believed you were ready, your death has taken me by surprise. Every one says, ‘Ninety two is a marvellous age. It’s best she went so quickly, without having her independence taken from her for years on end.’ I know this is true and you will come to believe this too. But […]
Month: May 2007
All Aboard!
To My Big Kindi Girl!
A letter to Charlotte, two month’s shy of four year’s old: My dear Charlotte, I am so very proud of you. You have been to Kindergarten independently for three sessions. I knew you could do it, you just needed to believe it for yourself. These past weeks you have been oblivious to my presence at […]
Harvest the Kumara
‘In bygone days, Tohunga Maori (Maori wise men and women) with a special knowledge of the stars spent much time studying the stars. The movement of the nga whetu (the eternal shining ones) followed a seasonal cycle, as did the Earth below, so that their rising and setting marked the progression of the seasons. Certain […]
Te Papa Learning
Te Papa Museum in Wellington is one of our favourite weekly haunts. We’ve been going at least once a week since Charlotte was born. In her early months she mostly slept and I enjoyed a chance to peruse the exhibits and make use of the excellent parent facilities and dedicated rooms for feeding bubs (not […]