Yesterday at the workshop we all were delivered a very well presented two hour sesson on 'Relationships'. It was given by ECK leaders Viva and David, and was most enjoyable and instructive. We had eleven in all attending, so Graeme was very happy indeed.
We had a lovely meal at La Strada later and the South African waiter Kyle gave us excellent sevice. Whanganui is in holiday mode and the river was buzzing with events and today we will return there fora coffee before I take the bus back home. I am falling a little in love with this elegant river city which has a rich amd turbulent history. So far I like it a lot and its weather patterns are very favourable as well. Who knows, Tom's sister has just bought a house and has flats to rents, one day I could end up and rent one?
His back yard...
Graeme's home is simple and delightful with a flourishing veggie garden and two lovely but shy pussy cats, one called Mischa, a white deaf male, and the other called Panda, a retiring small female who never appears. Graeme is a retired gardener so knows his soil well and he also keeps very busy with singing and writing and painting. He is very creative indeed, and runs the ECK group here with great efficiency and humility. Yesterday's meeting was an example of this with a few locals coming in for a look at what we are doing. They are an interesting bunch here, if slightly odd, but this goes with the territory.
We are at Palmerston North with a fifty minute rest. The bus is parked ouside the central square which is absolutely delightful and when I arrived the Scottish band was practising in it. Now they are gone and I am sitting on a tree trunk under the lovely shade and breathing in its oxygen. Country NZ isunbelievably healthy!,
On the bus I have been having much interchange with my Japanese potential housemate, Ken, as I am veering towards selecting him, but he may have already taken a place, if so, then its Marjorie, for better or for worse. The result is close but very interesting, man vs woman, French vs Japanese...a good exercise in fair discrimination for me. I will take it on the inner.
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