by Heather Hastie | Sep 24, 2017 | Tweets
Well, the election results are in, and the Twitterverse is full of tweets in relation to it in New Zealand. Every trending topic is about the election except one (which is about a boxing match). (As an aside, what do you think of boxing? Is it a sport? I don’t...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 23, 2017 | NZ Politics, Tweets
I’ve been back home for three days now but I’ve been feeling ghastly and wasn’t really up to tweets. I probably could’ve done it, but that would have meant a delay in my recovery and I had to be well again by today. Why? It’s election day...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 17, 2017 | Tweets
This will be my last post of tweets for a few days. I’m going to be doing stuff in the real world that means I won’t have time. My apologies in advance. The All Blacks won again last night, so New Zealand is happy! I was full of concern at the start of the...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 16, 2017 | International Politics, Tweets
With the way the world and social media work today, there are all sorts of major events dominating the tweets. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico are still suffering the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The devastation left in...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 15, 2017 | Tweets
Despite the plethora of subjects available, I couldn’t think of a topic for the homily on today’s tweets post. So instead I thought I’d bore you with the workings of my mind. One of the things I do when I’m feeling sorry for myself is wonder...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 14, 2017 | Religion, Russia, Tweets
As an atheist, I don’t have much time for religion. There are, of course, many believers who are important people in my life. I even have a god-daughter – despite my atheism her parents consider me to be a person who can be a good example to her. That...
