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P.D. Eastman wrote the classic Children’s Book ‘Are You My Mother?’ the story of a baby bird that has hatched while his mother was away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets — including a dog, a cow, and a
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We are like a human tuna (or eel, in English) that snakes its way back down from the front of the wharenui along the right-hand side to where the tangata whenua greet us with a kiss and hug or with a hongi (the traditional Maori greeting featuring the pressing together of noses). I’m reminded of [...]
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A great journal comic by Kevin Burkhalter. This is a wonderful journal comic in a black and white format. If you don’t become a fan immediately you will
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The skies opened wide earlier today and delivered heavenly urnsful of life-giving water. The sound of the rain offers us a blanket of comfort that no other element does. It envelopes us in its maternal embrace, sometimes with such a fierce protectiveness and at other times, gently, like a pigeon cooing.That rain makes the trees [...]
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