Iona Winter

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  • Return to my Queen

    I have returned to my Queen (aka) ‘The Novel’. She, who I gently placed aside last year, upon submission for examination. There are quite a lot of metaphors I could take… Read more

  • Change. Is it as good as a holiday?

    On a trip to The Big Smoke last week, I noticed how sped up and disconnected it all seemed. My response was one of sadness. At times, I had to ask people to slow… Read more

  • A serious note…

    Today my friends, I write on a serious note. Sexual violence. I am unsure why the topic has surfaced today, but it has. Short of delivering a socio-cultural-political critique on the… Read more

  • Sound and Motion

    Today I was reminded of sounds. LOUD sounds and cringe-worthy musical taste. Sound travels here. There’s been a workman next door lately. I’ve been polite and said hello, but I don’t like… Read more

  • Waitangi Day

    It’s Waitangi Day today and I am reminded of duality in me, in the melding of my two streams of whakapapa – Celtic and Māori. Both have come together in me. But there has… Read more

  • Plum-diddly-um

    I came back from the Big Smoke to thunder and lightning—all very exciting. I could almost hear the plants (and the chooks) sighs of relief at the accompanying rain. The plum trees are… Read more

  • Feedback? Yeah or Nah?

    This week I was asked to provide some written feedback. Easy right? Well no, not really. I was extremely conflicted. Part of me felt that it was vital to give feedback,… Read more

  • Horses for Courses

    For a couple of days now I’ve had the theme from Black Beauty running through my head. It’s quite an epic tune really, reminiscent of childhood and the black and white… Read more

  • Sea-Fog & Realisations

    This morning I woke to sea-fog, along with the birds. God I love it, this constant exploration of things new! Nearly five months (since I took the plunge and moved to the… Read more

  • Question everything…

    Teach your kids to read, and to question everything they read. These words leapt at me this morning, while having my cuppa and trawling through my morning emails (trawling perhaps suggests… Read more