It sounds like this guy had committed horrendous crimes and was planning another. I'm glad he was foiled and jailed. FBI tip-off helps authorities foil mass stabbing attack at court, Hastings man jailed:
What worries me though is this:
On 28 September, the FBI alerted DIA that he planned to commit a mass stabbing attack on his court date.
How is the US agency the FBI involved in detecting crime within NZ? That's scary.
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Evergreen. 📷
We live very close to the Ruakākā racecourse and I thought I'd throw $20 away in a bet on some random horse today.
As it happened I didn't get all the way in to the racecourse when the first race came thundering round the bend before the home straight. I grabbed a photo, and came home, saving $20. 😁
By the Ruakākā Racecourse is an entrance to the beach. It leads the eye straight towards Sail Rock.
I used the Cleanup function in Apple Photos to remove an annoying power line.
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Firelight. 📷
For most of the last week I've been a bit under the weather with digestive issues, lack of appetite, low energy (not surprising since I've hardly been eating).
Today finally I was able to get back to the gym, and that felt good. 💪🏼
Micro.Blog photo challenge: Cozy. 📷 🐶
I enjoyed a good reading session with The Winter Dead (Detective Shona Oliver Book 6) by Lynne McEwan. 📚 Always happy to read another in this series.
A blood-soaked hammer is discovered in a lorryload of wood delivered to a local pub. DI Shona Oliver appears to have a murder weapon, but where is the victim?
OK, I read Book 1 and now I'm abandoning this as just too silly and annoying. Cadbury & Merrydrew Cozy Mysteries Books 1–5 by Christine McHaines. 📚
Micro.Blog photo challenge: frost. 📷
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‘But you and me, Sister, we’re the lucky ones. We don’t have to be anyone. Out there, everyone’s an individual. Their unique self. Their wellness, their self-improvement, their apps. People are burdened with having to be a self. But you and me, with our language of faith, of the holy spirit working through us—it lifts that burden from our shoulders. We can be small people, just doing the work of the Lord.’
Source: Chapter 16 of The Earth Weighs Heavy (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 9).
There's something about the Sister Agnes books that just enchants me; they're just so "right" somehow. This was yet another excellent read. The Earth Weighs Heavy (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 9) by Alison Joseph. 📚
‘Guilt. That’s what it is. Terribly bad for all of us. I learned some years ago just not to bother with it, so much better for one’s mental health.’
Took a little 7 minute drive to buy Thai takeaways.
Checked out the For Sale signs in a nearby shop window. Got a spare $1.8 million for a yacht?
I think that's the one berthed just in front of the restaurant.
This morning's delight — music from the 13th Century. Codex Las Huelgas: Casta catholica (Conductus Motet) (Folio 121 verso - 122 recto). 🎶
I'd already read Book 2 and this was a similarly lightweight, easy to read mystery that I got free. A Santa Stabbing (Shop 'Round the World Book 1) by Geri Krotow. 📚
[Angel] finds a dead body in the shop murdered with one of her specialty Santa figurines. Even worse, Angel’s fingerprints are on the “weapon” and she’s a prime suspect.
Started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I didn't see all episodes when it originally aired in 1987 and didn't recall any of S01E01. 🖖🏼
The sexism of the times shows. Two alien blobs are mates — a pink one and a blue one. Sigh!
And Q remains one of my least liked characters ever.
NZ racism hits different: ‘I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name’:
Come exam time every year, an external supervisor would take the roll. And every year, without fail, he’d stop when he reached my name. “I’m not even going to try to pronounce the next name,” he would say, surveying us.
About 55 years ago, when I was in school in Christchurch, a girl in our class was named Christine Yagodzenski. Without fail teachers would either stutter over her last name and give up, or just call her Christine Yag.
It was shameful then and I'm horrified to hear things still haven't changed.
Late yesterday, when I put the sprinkler on, the pukeko were delighted and came to play in the water. 🐦
The last time I hard boiled eggs they had nasty bits of runny white. Yuk! Jenny Jones Hard Boiled Eggs instructions worked perfectly:
- Place eggs in a saucepan.
- Cover completely with cold water.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
- Bring to a full rolling boil.
- Cover and turn off the burner.
- Let stand on the warm burner for 17 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove eggs to a bowl of ice water for 2 minutes.
It's definitely not all bad news
When I read the following I immediately compiled a list of good news sources I follow.
There's No Good News Anymore: apoorplayer.blog
The sources:
- Fix The News: We share hidden stories of progress with readers from 195 countries.
- Earth Hope🌎: Collecting environmental success stories from around the globe, because hope is the foundation of progress.
- Good News Network: an antidote to the barrage of negativity experienced in the mainstream media.
- Reasons to be Cheerful: Things aren’t all bad.
- Rewilding Magazine: the movement for a wilder world.