Karetai Road runs through fields and alongside a cliff on the Otago peninsula. It starts as a country road but soon becomes a rough clay track, heavily furrowed by farm vehicles. You have to take care when mountain biking not to get stuck in the wrong furrow. Some of them are so deep they willContinue reading “Furrowed”
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Etiquette
Etiquette is one of the areas in which I find myself rather inadequate. The word originally meant a list. It is a list of the rules of proper conduct. There are many lists and books of varying lengths on various rules of etiquette, but I don’t have the time to figure out which is theContinue reading “Etiquette”
My Writing Journey So Far
Somewhere back home my mum has kept the first book I wrote. Several sheets of pink paper stapled together with my childish writing and drawings messy on the pages. I presume at primary school we did some form of creative writing but I don’t remember it much. At eight my parents started homeschooling us andContinue reading “My Writing Journey So Far”
Procrastination
Procrastination is one of my personal dragons. Yet so often I take up its own weapons and defeat myself with them. I know the things that help me waste my time, that prevent me from starting the things I ought to do. Why is there nothing to stop me starting my distraction? There are variousContinue reading “Procrastination”
Listen to your Heart?
Many films tell us to listen to our hearts. But is it good advice? What does it even mean? It is not literal as, although listening to one’s heartbeat could be a useful exercise, I doubt it aids much in the making of decisions. Most likely it means listen to your feelings. To my mindContinue reading “Listen to your Heart?”
Humility
Pride is one of those English words that have multiple meanings. One can take pride in one’s work, or one’s country, or one’s community. That may be a strong, beautiful and necessary pride. However pride, the vice, the deadly sin, the root of many evils is an ugly thing. It could be defined as anContinue reading “Humility”
Anxiety
One of the loveliest people I know asked me to write something about anxiety. I have to say that I am not very in touch with myself about these things. I usually learn that I am stressed or anxious because my neck is more tightly knotted than usual or I have to remind myself toContinue reading “Anxiety”
There are Three States of Life
The Catholic church teaches that there are three states of life. They are in order from objective lowest to highest: the married life, the single life, the religious or priestly life. I think you don’t have to be a Catholic, although you may have to be single, to appreciate the legitimacy given to those inContinue reading “There are Three States of Life”
The Comfort of Original Sin
As a teenager I was frustrated with my life. I wanted to run away from home. I used to imagine myself riding off on my bike. The bike I had paid for. Or building a full sized pop-pop boat and sailing off to who knows where. At sixteen I wanted to get my driver’s licenceContinue reading “The Comfort of Original Sin”
The Novels of my Youth
I recently listened to Anne of the Island, of the Anne of Green Gables series. This series was one of my regularly repeated reads as a child, along with The Little House on the Prairie series and most of Jane Austen’s novels among others. I knew the books so well that at the time IContinue reading “The Novels of my Youth”
Katherine Wansink Writes 