” Dad! Dad!” It was the voice of my daughter calling me as she ran toward my office. My wife was just back from the photo shop and I knew Kerryn wanted to show me the developed pictures she had taken some time ago.
“Look Dad, look!” she said as we looked through the pictures together.
“Can [...]
Filed under: Short Stories English on May 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know what kind of news you have heard today over the radio or read in the papers or seen on TV. Maybe you heard again about earthquakes, accidents on the road, cyclones, floods, hijackings, train accidents, corrupt governments , and so on. One catastrophe has not finished before we are hearing of another [...]
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This is rather a long word for someone who is learning the Maori language. Maybe it is also difficult to translate, because it is so long. But it means literally “a standing place for the feet”. We are all glad when our feet are standing on something that is firm and not slippery like ice.
Let [...]
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Clicking on ABOUT shows you that we are living in Kaitaia in the north of New Zealand. Kaitaia is a Maori name and the meaning is “Food in abundance”. The town is 155 km northwest of Whangarei.
We surely do have food in abundance for our bodies because there are several shops where we can buy [...]
Filed under: Short Stories English on March 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When going to the Post Office today I passed the tavern and at the front door I saw this written with chalk on a blackboard and the blackboard was placed at the entrance.
You know what the meaning is of I.D. of course. No I.D. No entry. You have to ientify yourself in order to get [...]
Filed under: Short Stories English on March 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
Upgrading the Main Street in Kaitaia
An advertisement in our local newspaper ” The Northern News” caught my attention and while I am writing this I have it before me. At the top are the words in big red print, “FIND A FIRM FOOTING” and underneath there is a picture of a truck bearing the name [...]
Filed under: Short Stories English on March 19th, 2007 | No Comments »