These are stories of connection usually heard from the wheel of an Uber, but also from my regular life.
Occasionally, someone drops in with a new story.
So many times I hear or observe something wonderful and wonder where to ‘store’ it so that other people might delight in it also.
I imagine a great river of wisdom, and that we are all tributaries to that river.
- Crux
She launched into unfaltering Hebrew. In New Plymouth. I was pretty gobsmacked. - Puff
All he said was “This was scarier” - The Loneliest Uber Driver
I was shaking, but didn’t know why. He was an ideal rider and paid quite a lot of money for that ride. What was my problem? - Sunday morning
He was blond, blue-eyed, bearded – about thirty maybe – in short, a Pakeha jeebus. - Kinder
Jacinda tells us to “Be Kind” Tea Towels, T shirts, Bags, Facebook memes, Cinderella – all exhort us to “Be Kind” - Underpants
My days without underpants are charting really, really well. - When Life hands you Niueans you’d best make Tikihi
Mrs. Betty Tasmania’s Tikihi recipe: - The tap is always on
It’s nuts to launch a website during a global pandemic. - Once you’re grown up you can’t come back.
“Have fun storming the castle” I yelled, mixing fairy tales. - 12 Minutes
If you are willing to listen you can learn a lot in 12 minutes. - Snip
She is a sexy, blonde, badass West Aucklander and she wanted me to take her husband, who I hadn’t met, to the clinic. - A love song for Aotearoa
Thank you for calling out to me Aotearoa.