By baruk on December 10, 2010
title: this book is overdue! : how librarians and cybrarians can save us all author: marilyn johnson website: www.thisbookisoverdue.com available @ auckland libraries my time (9 months so far) as a library assistant at onehunga library has been one of the most rewarding periods of my working life. there is little i don’t love about [...]
Posted in uncategorised | Tagged 2G scam, review, review(ish), tata, this book is overdue, TPPA, wikileaks |
By baruk on December 3, 2010
around this time last year we had the end of year christmas picnic at hamilton north school, where i was a relieving teacher aide for a while. 2009 was the first time i had any extended contact with intellectually disabled children, and i was coming to the end of that experience. it was almost gratifying [...]
Posted in mit thla, photos, poems | Tagged children, hamilton north, party tree, RDA |
By baruk on November 27, 2010
…and that’s all i have to say about that.
Posted in mit thla, photos, poems | Tagged beach, panacea, sea, shells, sunshine |
By baruk on November 24, 2010
will slowly add more, but hey, ‘ve *finally got the bloody thing off the ground! it seemed to make most sense to divide the links up geographically, with an added category for art+politics. ‘ve tried to add a short descriptor to each, though they may not always be the best. and while i’m glad to [...]
Posted in uncategorised | Tagged links
By baruk on November 12, 2010
onehunga reminds me very much of madanriting. a little tacky, a little rough around the edges, and not always ‘nice’; but just as much laughter and singing as any-richer-where else. i missed many opportunities to learn from madanriting when i lived there, nor did i give back as much as i could have. and sometimes, [...]
Posted in mit thla, photos, poems | Tagged auckland, broken window, light, madanriting, onehunga, second chances, shillong |
By baruk on November 5, 2010
rangitoto is a volcanic island just off auckland’s northern coastline, and can be seen from many parts of the city. it erupted about 600 years ago (within memory of the local maori tribes) and has entered their mythology. the ‘horizons’ refer, i guess, to the geographic and cultural positions of rangitoto…always horizons, rarely centre stage. [...]
Posted in mit thla, photos, poems | Tagged auckland, culture, maori, rangitoto |
By baruk on October 29, 2010
the wind does not sway these buildings. they stand strong and brutal like sureness. and in the silence before the lights change i breathe.
Posted in poems | Tagged breathe, wind
By baruk on October 22, 2010
Posted in etc, mit thla, photos | Tagged auckland, wind |
By baruk on October 13, 2010
interrupting my weekly-post rhythm for a beautiful piece by sanga: teacher, basketball player and 1/3rd of naked and in love. also (fairly obviously) a poet, and till recently, quite the technophobe. go here for another sample of his work. cheraw is one of the traditional dances of the zo tribes, and characteristically has a one-two [...]
Posted in poems | Tagged cheraw, mizoram, poem, sanga, social critique |
