by Heather Hastie | Dec 22, 2017 | Tweets, US Politics
I’m getting sick of the right-wing people who are constantly telling us via tweets, news conferences, editorials, and more, that the question of the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump was answered by “the people” in the 2016 election....
by Heather Hastie | Dec 16, 2017 | Tweets, USA
I was Skyping with a friend in the US yesterday, and somehow we got onto the topic of people who live on the streets. He made the comment that you almost never see them in New Zealand. They are there of course. One of our biggest problems is a shortage of housing,...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 10, 2017 | New Zealand, Tweets
I began this tweets post yesterday, but (obviously) didn’t finish it. Now, I’ve just got back from lunch at the lovely Lauren’s Lavender Farm (the pic is one I took in January) and I don’t feel much like writing. However, I don’t want to...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 8, 2017 | International Politics, Middle East, Religion, Tweets
Tweets are about the least important thing on my mind at the moment. On Wednesday morning I had a bad fall. Walking is never that easy for me, but now every step is agony. Still, that’s actually not the worst of my problems. 3½ hours later my landlord told me...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 5, 2017 | Tweets
Today’s homily got its inspiration from an article reader Linda Calhoun sent me a few days ago. It’s called ‘1 in 4 men don’t think exposing themselves constitutes sexual harassment, survey finds’. This absolutely blew me away. There are...