Last week we attended my friend's lunch to celebrate her wedding. Such a happy occasion with great food and new people to meet. One of the people at our table was introduced as 'Stephen who is an artist and a designer'. It took a few hours before I had circulated sufficiently to start actually talking to Steve, as he said he is more usually known. I was flattered, honoured and embarrassed that Steve said he...
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A few days ago some friends and their children visited the site - we had a picnic lunch in the park opposite and everyone had an ice-cream from the Guildford General Store. Happy days! During the visit, as I was describing our plans for up to three little 'eco' cottages, AD asked about community space. I had thought about 'common property' as part of the legal aspects of strata titling the land, but I hadn't...
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This post isn't about telling people what to do, although if someone disagrees with it, or it makes them feel uncomfortable, then it will be called that and criticised accordingly, just like an angry seagull. So be it. I've decided to adopt a proxy measure for how much a person in a first world country like ours cares about climate change, and how prepared they might be to take action. Here it is! Toilet paper,...
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