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It’s PI day today 14 March!

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Today is Pi Day (14 March) in New Zealand, called Pi Day because in the US 14 March is written 3/14 and Pi ~ 3.14 (3.14159). We think that the next future COVID-19 variant may be called…

Enjoy your retirement Dianne

A friend of mine for almost 5 decades has just retired. Enjoy these poems Dianne. Hopefully your rememberer will be better than this for many more decades: My Rememberer My forgetter’s getting better But my rememberer is broke To you that may seem funny But, to me, that is no joke. For when I’m ‘here’…

Our street blocked for 5th day in Titirangi

After heavy rains in Auckland on Friday, our street was blocked about 50m from our house. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-flooding-ranui-streets-homes-swamped-motorways-blocked-fenz-nzdf-called-in/3YQ54VEQTJE2HJDRYHLYAYHOTQ/ ====================================== Update ====================================== When we were walking home yesterday (Wednesday) work was finally being undertaken on the slip. Hopefully we can drive out of our street today. Yay. We managed to get our car out of the street…

T-Rex: Peter & Barbara meet at Auckland Museum

We went to see Peter and Barbara at Auckland Museum yesterday (free to visit). For the first time ever, Auckland Museum is the only place in the world to exhibit an adult male and female T. rex together. Don’t miss two of the rarest, real T. rex skeletons ever discovered. On display until late 2023….

Jenny and I have just recuperated from COVID-19. PAXLOVID is great!

PAXLOVID is Great! We have just had COVID Thank God for PAXLOVID Near Xmas so sad Good we had no bad Symptoms heaven forbid Alan Grace 18 December 2023 Jenny and I have just recuperated from COVID-19. Just before Christmas! The first time for both of us. I had a sore throat for a couple…

Merry Catmas

Merry Catmas to you all. All the best for 2023. Friends of mine have found a new home and have now sold their old home. I wonder how their planning is going for their move? The twelve weeks of moving(Maybe sing your own version everyday until you move?) On the first week of moving my…

Jenny’s Swan Song # Transition

It’s Jenny’s last day at SIKA today! Don’t cry Jenny! Jenny’s swan song Say goodbye, all SIKA workers As we sing Jenny’s swan song How it breaks my heart to leave you Now my SIKA job is gone High above the dawn is waiting And my tears are falling rain For my SIKA job is…

Jenny is Goneburgers tomorrow! #Transition

After resigning (and unresigning) twice from SIKA in NZ, Jenny is finally retiring tomorrow! Maybe the third E should be Entertain and cuddle Alan! ____________________ Jenny is Goneburgers Tomorrow! Retirement Welcome to the world Of waking up late Being disoriented And forgetting the date Get into the habit Of having lots of fun Not being…

Happy Birthday Mum. It is sad you are not here #Transition

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Stairway To Heaven Poem If tears could build a stairwell And memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye……

Xero’s Birthday #Transition

Nekro’s henchman Xero, Nekro’s henchman, now old and grey Even on his birthday I hear him come and go, With stealthy swift unmeaning to and fro, Muttering low, Perchance Time drives the merry-go-round whose track Is the zodiac; His name is No-man’s-friend; And his gabbling parrot-talk has neither trend, Beginning, nor end. Senseless and daft…

I DO NOT LIKE SAP; TIME TO SCRAM. PROMPT: GREEN

It was supposed to be Jenny’s last day at work today. Despite almost three month’s notice, a replacement for Jenny has not been found. Jenny has agreed to stay on (temporarily). Jenny’s work is in the final stage of migrating to SAP. Here’s the poem I wrote, based on Green Eggs and Ham by Dr…

COVID Odyssey: Winter Warning Omicron second wave~ Auckland cases in June 4.4x in one day~ NZ cases over 10,000 yesterday #PLAY

NZ new community cases topped 10,000 (10,290) yesterday (6 July) for the first time in months (since circa 21 April). See: https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/10290-community-cases-522-hospitalisations-10-icu-12-deaths https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/10294-community-cases-524-hospitalisations-14-icu-18-deaths https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/13511-community-cases-30-deaths-past-two-days-500-hospitalisations-15-icu-today Update: on 8 July, instead of 13,334 new cases, there were actually 9,318 (over 4,200 less). See: https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/public/auckland/titirangi/message/68319118 https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/nz-covid-19-case-numbers-corrected-9318 https://www.health.govt.nz/news-media/news-items/13344-community-cases-587-hospitalisations-9-icu-23-deaths On 27 June Auckland new community cases went up to 1,796…

Bonus Green Bottle 2. First NZ Matariki public holiday on 24 June! Perhaps visit Peter the Dinosaur? Today’s prompts: GREEN & STRONG & OPEN

On 24 June is New Zealand’s First Matariki public holiday. Perhaps you may like to visit Peter the dinosaur at the Auckland Museum? Viewing open for free! Matariki signals the Māori New Year. Traditionally, Matariki was a time to acknowledge the dead and to release their spirits to become stars. It was also a time…

Bonus Green Bottle, it is. May the Fourth be with you! Today’s prompts for 4 May 2022: GREEN & HOPE

My hope (and Yoda’s hope) for all of you today: For all my Green Bottle posts see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ The prompt for 4 May 2016 was HOPE: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Hope The prompt for 9 April 2016 was GREEN: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/Green Also see: 3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode…

Post #1,000. Farewell. No Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 1 May 2022: GREEN & SCARS

Green, green grass or battlefield? Peaceful sight or blind mind feel? Standing still or running away? Time for your dreams or no time left today? . . . Real love or real fake? Real life or living hate? Do we see each other or do we dance in the rain? Do we see the scars…

1 Green Bottle. Today’s prompts for 30 April 2022: GREEN & STAIRWAY

Stairway To Heaven Poem If tears could build a stairwell And memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye… You were gone before I knew it, And only God knows why. https://www.memorialcardshop.co.uk/blog/stairway-to-heaven.html Sadly my mum passed away…

2 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 29 April 2022: GREEN & CURVE

Somewhere over the rainbow Green birds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh, why can’t I? https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/judygarland/overtherainbow.html The endangered Kakapo, a flightless New Zealand parrot. Below is one of my favourite prints I have: kakapo and chick by Merrilyn Jaquiery https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/merrilyn-jaquiery-art-print-840891866 go grow a rainbow learning curves rainbow red, orange, yellow green, blue,…

3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE

Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode Green bark a prism creates, Feel the pull of earth, you must. Rotates, a slime of endless hates, Can hold me not, this world’s crust. Friendship’s ties, isolation Deflates, Succumbs, my spaceship, to bitter rust. Mist, my soul forever permeates, Lift-off, booms the rocket’s thrust. My spirit when light returns,…

4 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 27 April 2022: GREEN & MASK

I Do Not Like Wearing A Mask … A poem (loosely) based on Green Eggs and Ham. See: https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/09/25/dr-seuss-mask-poem/ This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if…

5 Green Bottles. Today’s [advance] prompts for 26 April 2022: GREEN & CROSSROADS

Anzac commemorations Poppies standing tall in each row On Crosses dignity bestow Cherish the memory So our military Never off to world war will go Alan Grace 25 April 2018 (Revised 25 April 2022) 25 April is ANZAC Day in New Zealand. Hence this post one day early. For my other ANZAC Day posts see:…

6 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 25 April 2022: GREEN & WHISPER

The Call of the Forest What does the forest whisper With every wind-stirred leaf, From many-centuried oak tree To hour-old blossom-sheaf? What does the forest whisper When nightingales are dumb And cícadas fall silent? The forest whispers, ‘Come’. Urgyen Sangharakshita For the rest of this poem see below or at the end of this post….

7 Green Bottles. Prompts for 24 April 2022: GREEN & BORROWED

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb What did you do in Earth Week to make our planet great for children in the future? This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you…

8 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 23 April 2022: GREEN & DISAPPOINTMENT

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope Martin Luther King Jr, 4 April 1968 It was a great disappointment to many when WordPress stopped daily prompts at the end of May 2018 and continues to not allow new posts (including GREEN) to be added to the old Daily prompts site. See: Black…

9 Green Bottles. Happy Earth Day! Today’s prompts for 22 April 2022: GREEN & EARTH

The Joy Of Little Things It’s good the great green earth to roam, Where sights of awe the soul inspire; But oh, it’s best, the coming home, The crackle of one’s own hearth-fire! You’ve hob-nobbed with the solemn Past; You’ve seen the pageantry of kings; Yet oh, how sweet to gain at last The peace…

10 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 21 April 2022: GREEN & LOCKED

Lockdown (an acrostic) Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation Domestic education Odd organisation Work domestication New normalisation Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation End congregation Doomed sales generation Unsure duration Political obfuscation Alan Grace 20 April 2022 For my other acrostics see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/?s=acrostic My poem was inspired by the…

11 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 20 April 2022: GREEN & FOG

This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if we combine the prompt GREEN each day with the daily prompt for the same date in 2016. Sadly new…

12 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 19 April 2022: GREEN & FAKE

13 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 18 April 2022: GREEN & CLOSET

14 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 17 April 2022: GREEN & BREATH

15 Green Bottles. Daily prompts for April. Today’s prompts for 16 April 2022: GREEN & DISASTER

This fragile green world is slowly dying. We can’t turn back the clock to days of bliss: Of lush flowers & forests & mountains: Now time is short; the ice caps are melting. Fear ancient prophecies of fire & flood! This fragile green world will soon become grey. It is now looking old and polluted….

Black is the new Easter Green; 16 Green Bottles #Green#Bottle

New Easter Green Dark blacks are the new Easter Green New Pingbacks are no longer seen On the daily prompt site They don’t appear alright Bring back prompt pingbacks to the screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 Green paua shell cross I’m a mere mathematician Not even a statistician Embossed paua shell Silvered cross well…

Random Recycled Prompts & 17 Green Bottles #Green

Random prompts are green! Please pretty [green] please WordPress Prompts need to seem a success I hope you have seen Random prompts are green We thank you WordPress God Bless Alan Grace 10 April 2022 Click below to see: Posts for two random recycled prompts starting with Y & Z from 2016 – 2018 [Link…

Pingbacks for GREEN #Green#Screen

Pingbacks A pingback for GREEN May always be seen You will get the gist Your post on my list Up upon your screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 In your post, when you link to some else’s post, WordPress will automatically create a link “pinging” back to your post (at the bottom of the post…

COVID-19: When will NZ go Orange or Green? #Green#Newspaper

Traffic light green I’m not a mighty magician Or even a statistician When will NZ be seen With a traffic light green I’m a mere mathematician Alan Grace 11 April 2022 Update: NZ went to Orange at 11.59pm on Wednesday 13 April. New Zealand has now had 500 deaths with COVID-19. See: 7,592 community cases;…

Bloganuary 27 Jan #Green#Solitude

My answer: Into the bush Bloganuary We’ve now Bloganuary seen Many bloggers seemed very keen For best solitude Could you go bush nude Would background seem better dressed green Alan Grace 10 April 2022 Green Solitude Share your best posts (with a prompt) Share your best posts Click above to see the posts. Copy and…

MetaPromptZ is Green! Add more prompts! I’m feeling green! #Green#Screen

Add more prompts! WordPress may seem very green We heard a prompt may be seen For over a week We do want to seek More new prompts up on the screen Alan Grace 8 April 2022 GREEN is this month’s WordPress WordPrompt. See: https://wordpress.com/tag/wordprompt We look at recycling old prompts from 2016 – 2018 starting…

WordPress prompt GREEN ~ Try out these sites! A blast from the past!#Green

Historic Green Prompt Please pretty [green] please WordPress Prompts need to seem a success Please don’t be mean Keep GREEN prompt green We thank you WordPress God Bless Alan Grace 8 April 2022 GREEN is this month’s WordPress WordPrompt. See: https://wordpress.com/tag/wordprompt Please look at the links below for posts with the prompt GREEN. I hope…

Resources for the prompt: GREEN#Green

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Below we have resources for GREEN and GENIUS. This may provide inspiration for this month’s WordPrompt. WordPress has started a new monthly WordPrompt. To join in on the fun, add “WordPrompt” as a tag to your post, allowing your content to be discovered more easily in the Reader,…

Will we get Daily prompts soon?#Green#Inchoate

Progress? Once ’twas really obscene Worse than we’ve ever seen Daily prompts were all gone With monthly prompts turned on The traffic light’s now green Alan Grace 6 April 2022 WordPress has started a new monthly WordPrompt. To join in on the fun, add “WordPrompt” as a tag to your post, allowing your content to…

Greenpeace: Rainbow Warrior III visited Auckland in 2018 #Green

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Rainbow Warrior Rainbow Warrior’s wonder won’t cease Blown up down under by French caprice Despised disguised spies Unwise sky high lies Lo please help save the world with Greenpeace Alan Grace 13 September 2018 I share my…

Do you want to promote your blog? You do not want your blog to be the best kept secret in the world! Increase traffic to your site. Share your posts here! #Warning

You are welcome to share your best posts on this site: https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/ This may attract more traffic to your site. Your posts do not need to have a prompt. My purpose is: To provide a place for you to share your posts To provide resources for you to help improve your posts (see links at…

Help me get out of this COVID Rabbit hole! #Green#Clarity#Swallow

COVID Rabbit Hole I was caught down a rabbit hole It sought to take my mind and soul My sanity depended on Ending my fight with OMICRON I thought it might swallow me whole Alan Grace 2 April 2022 Warning: Don’t get caught down a Rabbit hole! A flash of clarity! See: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Clarity/ https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Swallow/ #Warning…

Tentative decisions; More T.S. Eliot

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Tentatively, you may like to try to solve some puzzles … see my competitions. NZ has a general election in progress. The Leader of the Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern, initially wanted to leave the decision about introducing…

COVID Odyssey: Autumn Addendum Post #971~ COVID Odyssey Time Capsule Addendum

COVID Odyssey Addendum Summer has ceased Autumn’s awesome My thoughts come least my mind’s caught numb I feel like an April fool I have sealed my time capsule Before adding my addendum Alan Grace 26 March 2022 The Time Capsule embargo was lifted briefly on 30 March to include this addendum. Future posts can be…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 43 Post #970~ Website Lockdown Level 5 from 11.59pm on 25 March NZT~ Time Capsule: Changes embargoed forever

From 11.59 pm on 25 March 2022 changes to this website will be embargoed forever. This website will become a time capsule. For older (pre-COVID) and any new posts please see: https://agrace.altervista.org/ At 11.59 pm on 25 March 2020 New Zealand went into Lockdown Level 4. The COVID-19 posts (time capsule) start in January 2020…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 42 Post #969~ Worldwide windup~ Verification of our formula for Ro

We verify our formula for Ro: For definitions and background please see the WELCOME menu. We also use the same formula to estimate Re. Re is the effective reproduction number when there is isolation. We assume that n =10 and that infectivity reduces by a factor of 1/r each day where r is the daily…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 41 Post #968~ Worldwide windup~ More simulations to confirm our formula

We confirm our estimates for Re and hence Ro worldwide. We have developed spreadsheets simulating the spread of COVID-19 based on a specific daily increase in case numbers (r). We extend our spreadsheet to utilise a range of values for r. As a result of the original simulations we have developed a formula for calculating…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 40 Post #967~ NZ COVID-19 PI Day 3/14: Ro Estimates for a theoretical future PI variant ~ Will PI be more infectious than the measles?

Today is Pi Day (14 March) in New Zealand, called Pi Day because in the US 14 March is written 3/14 and Pi ~ 3.14 (3.14159). We think that the next future COVID-19 variant may be called PI. On Pi Day (today) we think it may be appropriate to consider values for Ro for a…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 39 Post #966~ NZ COVID-19: Results for Poll~ When will half of NZ population be infected?

In a recent Poll on an NZ social media website we had these votes: Here is the full question: See:https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/public/auckland/titirangi/message/67463549 We assume that: There will be no Lockdowns. The dominant variant will be Omicron in the next six months. There will not be any significant improvement in vaccines in the next six months. We will…

COVID Odyssey: NZ New Year Fear 38 Post #965~ NZ COVID-19: Revised calculation for Ro

We modify the way we calculate Ro in three ways. We use the formula we have already developed to calculate Ro based on r, the daily increase in total case numbers. When r = 1.4 as in New Zealand early on in the first 2020 outbreak, r^2 = 1.96 which is close to 2. We…

Green Bottles, Alan's Ark, The Amazing Phoenix & COVID Odyssey: Alan Grace's vir[tu]al journey investigating/experiencing life under COVID-19