Ray's Ravings for June

We shall begin for the month of June 2010, a month of raking leaves, short days and a few frosts and plenty of dull weather as per usual here in the South Waikato at this time of year.
On the first day of June I was reading Seven Years in Tibet. It is an old book but quite well written. What an experience this fellow had.
I have been nursing for some time a split thumb nail. I believe this is the first time I have ever had one of these. I now realize how much one uses his right hand thumb. If I never have anything worse than a split nail I’ll be lucky.
Doing another hard jig-saw. I wonder why one gets so addicted to them? One piece follows another. Has this a parallel with gambling? Partly for me it takes my mind from the mess the world is in. What I like about it is that I can actually listen to music at the same time. For instance I can’t work on the computer and have music playing for the music only irritates me under those conditions.
There was an ad in the local freebie weekly newspaper asking for volunteers to visit older people living on their own who would like visits and to talk. Well, I have had a little experience after spending an hour or two with a chap in what is now called a Rest Home once a week for seven years. He shifted away from this area and so that was that. I wonder what I’m trying to prove, but they do like someone to talk to. So, once again I try to see my new chap once a week for an hour or so. He is a good talker so that is a help. It’s called Age Concern and this office operates out of Taupo. We also meet in Tokoroa every so often to compare notes.
I have found out why I’m the way I am. I now have something to blame all my failures on, wait for it…I’m Dyslexic, I suffer from Dyslexia. Now I know why I never became an astronaut or prime minister of Canada or a multi-millionaire.
On the 4th T.C. phoned to tell us that the shift to Davis California was on. They hope to be there for three and a half years. That should be an interesting experience. When we drove across the States in 1966 coming to New Zealand we actually spent the night in a motel there.
Got a phone call from a former missionary to New Zealand back in 1988 to say that they would be here for a few days and would it be okay to visit us. She was Sister Shaw and now is Hugie with a husband and five children.
Rosemary who had been in Australia returned on the 8th. And no doubt will tell you more about that in her contribution.
The Hugies turned up on the 16th and we took them out to Jones Landing and walked up to the lookout. The sun was setting with plenty of photo opportunities. I think they enjoyed their few hours here. They left for Rotorua. They had already had time in Australia.
Thus ends another month. The cat and pigeon send their love. Ray.