A nose by any other name would smell… I was off ‘birdin’ today. Muttonbird chicks, the burrow-dwelling young of the short-tailed shearwater, have been a
Author: davefreer
A common hero
I saw part of one of these superhero things while I was up visiting my son. I must admit I might have missed the bit
Cogs
I’ve been out in the wider world, for one of my rare excursions to places that are not a remote island, a ten hour ferry
Cricket — by Dave Freer
It’s just not Cricket. Or it’s not just cricket. Cricket – not the insect, but the ancient arcane ‘game’ involving the defence of sacred
A mixed Bag
A mixed bag. Our food principally comes from what I can grow or raise or catch or shoot. The things we can’t do that with
I knew instinctively…
Sometimes your instincts talk to you. Mine usually say deeply meaningful and insightful things like: ‘I’m hungry’, or ‘don’t be such a bloody idiot.’ I
