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Ruth Helen Gardner @ReflectiveRuth

Live in old cottage in Avon Loop, Christchurch, N Z/n-f-p manager/celebrant/love to blog & play FB Wordscraper, garden,walk. Involved in women’s spirituality.

Joined April 2010
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Introducing Organics realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Introducing Organics

Bill Martin is the Manager of the Biological Husbandry Unit (BHU), run by the BHU Organics Trust, and hosted by Lincoln University. He gave a clear and thorough talk about the development of organi…

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Memories of Measles realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Memories of Measles

Aged eight I was isolated in my bedroom and forbidden to leave. Meals were brought to me and a chamber pot under the bed was essential. Three weeks in bed was what the doctor ordered, and that incl…

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Watery Warning realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Watery Warning

An attractive mural on the toilet block at Waimairi Beach warns of the dangers our sea creatures face because of pollution, especially the plastic litter that now clogs our oceans. Aotearoa is also…

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Purple Pixie realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Purple Pixie

I love bright colours, especially purple. Lately I’ve been admiring older women with brightly coloured hair and thinking I might add some colour to mine. The first time I had my hair coloured…

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Senior Moments realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Senior Moments

Growing olderbrings wisdom  so they saywise and oldwords that fit together  so they saybut there are gapssometimes a nameor a wordeludes mecould be brain fog  so they saydo not mentiondementiathis …

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Fed by Farmers realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Fed by Farmers

Pastoral Farming in New Zealand was the subject of a talk by Professor Jon Hickford, from the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Lincoln University. Jon’s particular area is developing DN…

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Humiliating Habit realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Humiliating Habit

I’m ashamed of my addiction to the computer solitaire game FreeCell, although I suppose it could be worse. Once I start playing I find it hard to stop. I promise myself I’ll play just o…

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Pizza @ Palms realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Pizza @ Palms

Another perfect autumn day today and we needed to do a few errands so we drove to The Palms. Lunch was a pizza at Cocopelli Gourmet Pizza Bar. We’ve been there before and the food and service…

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Faraway Fealty realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Faraway Fealty

It was strange to hear God Save the King played on RNZ National just before 6am this morning. I guess we’ll all get used to that over the coming Coronation Weekend. My interest in the monarch…

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Food From Farmers realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Food From Farmers

Regenerative Agriculture in Aotearoa was the subject of today’s talk by Professor Derrick Moot, who leads the Lincoln University Dryland Pastures Research Team. His work includes adapting far…

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Footwear Fix realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Footwear Fix

I bought these floral sneakers five years ago at the Nurse Maude Hospice Shop in Sumner. This was the first time I’d ever bought recycled shoes, and wouldn’t have considered them then e…

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Last Look realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Last Look

we chose an open coffinso she could be seenlying calmly therein her pastel dress no one realisedshe would be reflectedin the window behind all through the serviceshe looked down on uslike a guardia…

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Autumn Elegance realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Autumn Elegance

It was a calm sunny autumn day, and after I got home from my exercise class we decided to go out for lunch. The Antigua Boatsheds Café was our first choice, but after we’d negotiated all the …

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“Haven” by Emma Donoghue realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

“Haven” by Emma Donoghue

The writing in this novel flows beautifully. It tells of three seventh century monks who set off from Ireland to found a new monastery on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. I found their faith,…

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“You probably think this song is about you” by Kate Camp realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

“You probably think this song is about you” by Kate Camp

This author is much younger than me, but her parents had records I know well and the book starts with songs that are very familiar. There is much charming nostalgia for the things of her childhood.…

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Honouring Hillary realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Honouring Hillary

There’s a new mural in Colombo Street, by the corner of St Asaph Street, near Ao Tawhiti. It’s a portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary, and commemorates the time when he and Tenzing Norgay rea…

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Agribusiness Aggravation realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Agribusiness Aggravation

Stuart Ford, Director of The Agribusiness Group spoke about how we got to the state we’re in with resources, and what lies ahead. His organisation is dedicated to sustainable and resilient bu…

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Spilt Salt realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Spilt Salt

While making my breakfast porridge I accidentally spilled some salt. After a momentary hesitation I picked up a few grains and threw them over my left shoulder. I knew this was something I was supp…

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Cash could be Cool realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Cash could be Cool

I prefer to use cash when convenient, especially for small purchases. Having all my transactions logged online makes me just a little uneasy, although I appreciate the convenience of eftpos. I alwa…

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Nudging Northward realruth.wordpress.com/2023/…

Nudging Northward

This morning Christine and I chose to walk in Regent’s Park. This is an area of north Christchurch, just south of the Styx River, bordering on Northwood. We started at the Sharnbrook Reserve,…

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