tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post114401565294552530..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: The long fall into autumnpohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144532603239114692006-04-09T09:43:00.000+12:002006-04-09T09:43:00.000+12:00Clare: we have elk in Fiordland (we use "wapiti" r...Clare: we have elk in Fiordland (we use "wapiti" rather than elk). Their bugle is very different from a red stag's roar, which is indeed very much a roar roughly similar to that of a big cat. Deep, hoarse, resonant; like someone groaning into a length of drainpipe.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the $200 million.<BR/>;^>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144500747731814432006-04-09T00:52:00.000+12:002006-04-09T00:52:00.000+12:00It's strange to read of your heading into fall as ...It's strange to read of your heading into fall as our sun climbs higher and higher into the sky. Even at midnight we now have a glow on the northern horizon, offering a promise of our 24 hour light just around the corner.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if your stag's roar is anything like our elk's bugle, quintessentially Fall's sound for me (well not me here per se, but me in general).<BR/><BR/>Well no time,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144354893232415492006-04-07T08:21:00.000+12:002006-04-07T08:21:00.000+12:00Thanks Deb. I guess if we do strive to live that a...Thanks Deb. I guess if we do strive to live that appreciative way we inevitably encounter the conflict with our dominant economic system, which demands "growth". However, that sort of growth may mean "bigger, faster, more", but I'm pretty sure it desiccates the spirit.<BR/><BR/>Curious: after I wrote how we're racing into autumn here, we've had mild, comfortable days and I've managed to get out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144333007919730252006-04-07T02:16:00.000+12:002006-04-07T02:16:00.000+12:00I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Pete. It speaks to...I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Pete. It speaks to how my way of thinking (trying to slow down and appreciate the small wonders of life) conflicts with the idea of "bigger, faster, more" that somehow defines success. <BR/><BR/>And, it's interesting to hear an evocative description of autumn at this time when in my hemisphere I am thinking spring!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144285125134440512006-04-06T12:58:00.000+12:002006-04-06T12:58:00.000+12:00I appreciate those thoughts, Mary, and I'm glad yo...I appreciate those thoughts, Mary, and I'm glad you're learning a bit about NZ.<BR/>:^DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144269429688409342006-04-06T08:37:00.000+12:002006-04-06T08:37:00.000+12:00A beautiful piece of writing, Pete. Poignant, thou...A beautiful piece of writing, Pete. Poignant, thoughful and observant - with photos that complement it perfectly.<BR/><BR/>And I am enjoying getting to know New Zealand through your posts ...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15022751588711849162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144194933301725642006-04-05T11:55:00.000+12:002006-04-05T11:55:00.000+12:00turned the oven on? no, they were too smart to ac...turned the oven on? no, they were too smart to actually reside 'in' the oven. i think the solution best remains un-described.Adagiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633098196664852482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144179912281505432006-04-05T07:45:00.000+12:002006-04-05T07:45:00.000+12:00Thanks Anita :^DThanks Anita :^DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144149413072241442006-04-04T23:16:00.000+12:002006-04-04T23:16:00.000+12:00Here's to happiness, Pete. Thanks for sharing you...Here's to happiness, Pete. Thanks for sharing your deck time :-)Anita Daherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258818779322124700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144148550684019582006-04-04T23:02:00.000+12:002006-04-04T23:02:00.000+12:00You got ruthless? Oooh... that sounds grim. You tu...You got ruthless? Oooh... that sounds grim. You turned the oven on? ;^D<BR/><BR/>Actually, if you want a definition of "success", you don't need to look much further than mice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144114735229306192006-04-04T13:38:00.000+12:002006-04-04T13:38:00.000+12:00i had mice like that once! mine lived *somewhere*...i had mice like that once! mine lived *somewhere* in the oven. i used to think of it as their sometimes centrally heated, multi-storey apartment building. i humoured them for a brief period - i mean, you have to admire the resourcefulness - and then got ruthless.Adagiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633098196664852482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144096510400877332006-04-04T08:35:00.000+12:002006-04-04T08:35:00.000+12:00Duncan: Yep, exactly. How you think is the key. We...Duncan: Yep, exactly. How you think <I><B>is</B></I> the key. We're not slaves to our circumstances. I'll also add that, judging from your blog, you didn't retire — you rejuvenated!<BR/><BR/>Butuki: That says it beautifully. I often think that my greatest appreciation of my life is when time ceases. It's such a common thing to think of life as linear, moving relentlessly forward, but some years Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144085366669519912006-04-04T05:29:00.000+12:002006-04-04T05:29:00.000+12:00I am so struck by these questions. When I was youn...I am so struck by these questions. When I was young, in my 20s, I remember saying to my parents "I don't want to make a living, I want to be a living." I "dropped out" bought ten acres of land, built a cabin, and tried to make it out there. Unfortunately, I wasn't successful at that time, but I never lost the longing to slow down and look around, and took the chance 30 years later. We have robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144071667853301452006-04-04T01:41:00.000+12:002006-04-04T01:41:00.000+12:00I haven't even finished the post but wanted to lin...I haven't even finished the post but wanted to linger with this line: "a hawk heading somewhere after another day’s floating and spiralling and scanning, falling and rising..."Ariel Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879719960202249424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144061646423629972006-04-03T22:54:00.000+12:002006-04-03T22:54:00.000+12:00Brilliant, Pete.I have a little sign on my desk, "...Brilliant, Pete.<BR/><BR/>I have a little sign on my desk, "Never confuse having a career with having a life." Attitude depends on perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144030706124029752006-04-03T14:18:00.000+12:002006-04-03T14:18:00.000+12:00Great questions, Pete, and beautifully posed.Great questions, Pete, and beautifully posed.Brenda Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576550905189206215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144025199835535092006-04-03T12:46:00.000+12:002006-04-03T12:46:00.000+12:00Back in 1995, for our honeymoon, my wife and I dec...Back in 1995, for our honeymoon, my wife and I decided to leave everything behind and set off on bicycles traveling around Europe for six months. We sold or threw away almost everything... all we had were the things we carried on our bicycles. What shocked me (less so my Brazilian wife) in the beginning was my complete ignorance of how to use uninterrupted blocks of time. For the first three butukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473964455146342069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-1144020105846033142006-04-03T11:21:00.000+12:002006-04-03T11:21:00.000+12:00You've given us some food for thought there Pete!C...You've given us some food for thought there Pete!<BR/>Changing the way you think is the key, I remember when I was getting severely stressed from the pressure of work and trying to do too much, finally I backed off, gave myself a good talking to, and cruised through the last years to retirement, still doing a good day's work, but much easier in the mind.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12182951711946882353noreply@blogger.com