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Digital decluttering

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on January 21, 2019
  • General

In order to clear the way for fresh projects in 2019 I am currently in the process of cleaning up my digital clutter. I have files, photos and folders all over the place. Some is […]

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New year update

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on January 9, 2019January 21, 2019
  • Update

Another new year with it’s own list of goals, hopes and anxieties. I have made (and am still refining) some particular goals for this year, though I will focus on trying to put them into […]

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Meeting Stewart Island locals

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on October 17, 2018
  • Update

We recently took our family to Stewart Island to enjoy the unspoiled wilderness there and during our stay met many friendly and interesting locals. The people are really friendly and helpful, and the wildlife also […]

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Poetry is a life-cherishing force

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on October 15, 2018
  • Poetry
  • Quote

For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. (Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook p122) […]

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Recalibrating my reading

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on September 28, 2018September 28, 2018
  • Reading

Back in November 2011 I published a list of books I wanted to read. Looking at that list now seven years later, I am dismayed at how few of those books I have actually completed […]

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Tooth extraction

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on September 24, 2018
  • Update

As a flow-on effect of the sinus surgery I had a month ago, the CT scan which was done for that procedure showed a tooth with an infected root eroding the bone of my sinus […]

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The Land of Far Beyond

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on September 17, 2018
  • Christianity

We are currently reading our 9-year-old a book by Enid Blyton called “The Land of Far Beyond” which is like a kids version of “Pilgrim’s Progress”. In this story people like Patience and Peter do […]

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Blog consolidating and spring-cleaning

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on August 24, 2018August 25, 2018
  • Blogging

Consolidating Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been consolidating and spring cleaning my blog. This has involvedĀ  using a self-hosted WordPress installation to import a bunch of old backup files, then adding some other […]

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Sinus surgery

  • by Mike McArthur
  • Posted on August 20, 2018
  • Everyday Life

At 2pm last Monday I was knocked out. It was done gently with an anaesthetic but once that wore off it certainly felt like someone very large has smacked me hard on the nose. For […]

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  • Digital decluttering
  • New year update
  • Meeting Stewart Island locals
  • Poetry is a life-cherishing force
  • Recalibrating my reading
  • Tooth extraction
  • The Land of Far Beyond
  • Blog consolidating and spring-cleaning
  • Sinus surgery
  • Update, July 2018

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