August | 2025 | Ruth's Reflections
8 posts published by Ruth during August 2025| Ruth's Reflections
My beach-walking buddy was away at the WORD Festival, and the rainy weather was not conducive to walking anyway. I did some chores and would have been happy to stay at home, but Stephen suggested we venture out for lunch. We drove to Edgeware, planning to try the new Yellow café there. Yellow is my […]| Ruth's Reflections
Our annual literary festival is always an outstanding treat. I’d carefully chosen three sessions that I could attend on one day. First up was Epic Adventures: with Naomi Arnold (author of Northbound about walking the Te Araroa Trail) and Kate Evans (author of Feijoa). I hadn’t read either of these books and had decided not […]| Ruth's Reflections
Usually we choose somewhere familiar when we go out to dinner. Yesterday we decided to try a different restaurant and selected Original Sin on The Terrace. With Stephen’s Total Mobility card …| Ruth's Reflections
Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River was where Christine and I walked this morning. The early frost (-3°) had cleared to a beautiful sunny day. Walking by the river was a pleasure although some of the paths were muddy. We planned to explore the King George V Reserve, but discovered the path there was fenced off for regeneration. We […]| Ruth's Reflections
This novel deals with a plot to poison David Lange in the 1980s, and also involves politics in the current decade. The characters and the political situations are believable and familiar, especially as historical events and real people are interwoven with the fiction. The mystery has some suspenseful moments, and any feminist would enjoy the […]| Ruth's Reflections
The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak. Or maybe it’s the brain that’s weak when it comes to learning something new? This year I find I’m less inclined to carefully digest new ideas. Last year when I went to a U3A lecture or read an interesting book I would make notes and write […]| Ruth's Reflections
I’ve always had a facility with numbers, and many years ago I won the Third Form Prize for Mathematics. So, when I saw advertised a workshop that offered a joint exploration of maths and poetry I immediately enrolled. Some days later I received a letter from Te Whatu Ora/Health NZ with an appointment for a […]| Ruth's Reflections
I’ve always been intrigued by fleshless bones, and these caught my eye in Cathedral Square. They are photograms of taonga from Te Waipounamu held in collections abroad. These photograms are t…| Ruth's Reflections
Learning is one of the five ways to wellbeing, and I’m currently taking a WEA course on Smartphone Photography. Our tutor pointed out that the word photography means writing with light. This idea appealed to me as my usual writing has been in abeyance lately. Blog posts have been few and far between. I’ve carried […]| Ruth's Reflections
Politics on showbright pink and purple colourssure to get my vote| Ruth's Reflections
This is a realistic and necessary book that is at times scary. Atul, who is a surgeon, writes about what can happen as we grow old and frail. He points out that at one time we might have turned to …| Ruth's Reflections
