A Ding in the Universe
Ever remember the first time you put a ding in your new or thoroughly-used car, and specifically, your over-the-top reaction to that? I do. I recall thinking something absurd like, “I’m going to die a thousand deaths” or that I’d faint, my car would roll backwards over me and in an act of vehicular retribution […]
Real Transformers
Pundits talk about transformation as if, at best, it’s something we acquiesce to because there is no other choice. Not true. Kicking and screaming are also features of personal growth, as are denial and in some people, a defiant ‘digging-in-of-the-heels’ too.
Veronica Sun Bay, Napier
September 13, 2011 by Gail
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“The Sunbay consists of a curved arcade with a pierced wall of unglazed windows on the seaward side and a group of columns on the western side. The structure was built in 1934, and in 1937 it was named the ‘Veronica Sun Bay’ when the bell from HMS Veronica was presented to the city as […]
Dunedin Railway Station
September 13, 2011 by Gail
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“Dunedin Railway Station embodies Dunedin’s wealthy inheritance. During the city’s most prosperous years this railway station was the country’s busiest, handling up to 100 trains each day.And though there have been many debates about whether the building is actually beautiful or not, the overall effect is undeniably grandiose and the station is New Zealand’s most […]
Stephen Volan: Approaching Autism Theatrically
Long before autism was a word in most people’s vocabularies, he had unwittingly begun overcoming the handicaps of autism through a reliance on the one thing he knew how to do without hesitation: playing.
