CSI Whanganui
Riding the zeitgeist and cleaning toilets – epiphanies while working the nightshift
Richard Allardice
Never let them see you run
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“Never let them see you run.”
That’s what my teaching mentor Henry said to me when I was fresh out of teacher training, sitting in a pink-walled office at Paraparaumu College. It sounds funny on the face of it. Why would it matter if people saw you
Evil little cacti
Kiwifruit, Viagra and the gift of rain – on trying and failing to develop a work ethic
Baby spin
I remember our trip to the hospital to talk “options” when Vic was in the late
stages of pregnancy – the end game – with our first child.
We were asked if a final-year medical student could ask us some preconsultation
questions and check the baby. His clothes were very new,
Breach
The whale breaches
Enveloped by water, the whale has poise. It produces sounds like an experimental
synth band broadcasting from the deep. Most undersea footage shows the whale
gliding, all slow motion grace, past the lens of a diver’s camera; David
Attenborough says something to the effect of “The
Technically it wasn’t always safe
The audio for “Technically it wasn’t always safe” is featured in this episode ☝️
of the Without a hitch podcastIntroducing a trilogy of hitchhiking stories
I used to hitchhike a lot, and I always told those close to me that it was safe.
They worried. It wasn’t a blanket
Advances up the line
The audio for “Advances up the line” is featured in this episode ☝️ of the
Without a hitch podcastThe first episode of a trilogy of hitchhiking stories
To ride, or not to ride? That was always the question when I went hitchhiking,
which I did a lot as a student. I