Of Nature, Grief And Mending A Broken Heart
In a moving reflection, Susan Marsh writes about losing her husband, dealing with sorrow, government service and trying to rally for the wild things that matter
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by Susan Marsh
Springtime in the Rockies: seventy degrees one afternoon, in the teens the next morning with an inch of overnight snow. Wind. In spite of the weather, spring arrives later here and advances in small tentative steps. The bare branches of aspen, alder and willow sprout pollen-bearing catkins and the first tiny wildflowers appear. Dawn creeps through my window earlier each day and the evening sky holds light until after 9.
Letters: Covid lessons, TEC funding cuts, John Roughan and summer TV
1 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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NZ Herald
Letter of the week: John Ford, Taradale If there is one thing I have learnt this past year, it is this: we can do things if we want to.
We had money for everything Covid. We could create jobs, we could extend immigration and we could afford to fill the car with petrol.
We could get to the South Island on a budget never before seen, Queenstown actually valued the Kiwi visitor.
Many ivory castles were destroyed by Covid. Where there was a bureaucratic minefield of rules and regulation, somehow, they were excused in 2020.
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