to be a pilgrim
Graham R. Cooper A few days ago we went on our annual winter pilgrimage to a small beach just south of the Timaru township. A place that’s significant to us because it’s where we...
Monthly Archive: August 2020
Fire, food, fresh air – all had for a song
The Little Owls’ gully on a mild night in late winter, with a breeze easing to barely a puff, is as good a place as any to take warmth from a fire, food from...
Late winter bonfire
June and I throw offerings of twigs, branches, vines and small bushes onto the fire; we watch and listen as they go up in smoke, flame and a hiss of water vapour. After dark,...
Trapping Possums – Or Not! Part Two
Graham R. Cooper I caught a possum in the new trap the first night I put it out. That was at the commencement of last year’s winter. A lucky fluke because I’d put the...
Trapping Possums – Or Not! Part One
I set the possum trap last week. Its first winter outing: late but not too late. So far this winter, there’s been little sign of possum damage to our precious apple trees and rose...
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