I do I worry about my home bird tendencies. Being at home away from the crowds is just how I like things to be but I do worry if I will become detached from the real world, whatever the real world is these days. For the virtual world of the internet that world can... Even with my flexible laid back lifestyle I still get a thrill knowing that the alarm won’t be going off to get us out of bed. Those dulcet tones of Radio New Zealand bring forth the day with news in the world are something that are going to have to wait... I was up before dawn broke this morning to be a photography student. It was nothing like when I last studied. No dragging myself out to a tutorial 40 miles away with someone who as a part time tutor knew about as much about the topic as I did. I just opened up... You know it’s winter when every conversation goes a bit like this…… “So how are you? Not bad, feeling a bit under the weather. Oh really, have you got one of the bugs? Which bug might that be? Well there’s the sore throat bug; the gastric... For all the scientific explanations and cultural interpretations I like to think of a rainbow is a smile from the sky. An optimistic sign of better things to come.  We are past the shortest day this year and there is a noticeable difference in the days lengthening.... 