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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). The Great New Zealand Flag Debate. March 5, 2016. Now, poor decision-making is one thing when ordering eggs benedict – no, the muesli, hang on, bacon and eggs, no, scratch that, definitely eggs benedict but it’s another when you are a whole nation and you’re faced with the option, and thereby a referendum, for a brand new flag. So, this is the indecisive ditherer’s take on ‘The Great New Zealand Flag Debate’. Gird your loins. To man...

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New Zealand | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). April 30, 2015. April 30, 2015. I remember my last week in England before emigrating to New Zealand. We spent it at a friend’s flat in London. On the day we were leaving, I went for a walk alone in random London streets and tried to soak in the feel of the air and the smells of an English morning. I tried to remember everything. I almost succeeded. And so the A to Z Challenge comes to an end. Phew! I’ve learnt so much through ...

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Parental Angst | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). April 2, 2015. April 2, 2015. I was told at the time to write it all down, those baby names, songs and routines, silly ordinary moments you want to treasure, but I didn’t. I thought, how could I forget this? It’s all too dear. Because it’s all enclosed in its own bubble,’ he said, ‘having a baby.’. But it doesn’t last. My friend is right. That time with a baby is a bubble and, before you know it, that bubble drifts away. Pps My frie...

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Yeti | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). April 29, 2015. When you are taller than everyone else and can’t quite coordinate your long limbs, when you have teeth too big for your face, and when you have out-of-control long blonde frizzy hair, you get called names at school. One of those names, for me, was Yeti. So, let’s call him ‘Dick Bully’ for the purpose of this blog. I had respite when Dick Bully went on to the local Intermediate school. In that year, I suspect some...

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Tom Waits – “Time” | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). Tom Waits – “Time”. April 23, 2015. April 23, 2015. My memory seems to be lurking around the first boarding school I attended, Wroxall Abbey. One of the things that makes this exploration of memory so interesting to me is how it lingers over a particular time in my past and the blog posts seem to clump. Here’s one last post about Wroxall. When our teacher played us. The smart money’s on Harlow. And the moon is in the street. And it’...

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Shakespeare Porn | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). To Be or Not To Be. March 4, 2014. I’ve been preoccupied by thoughts about Hamlet. Lately. The Shakespeare play. That’s why I was trawling around the internet the other night, when I found that prime bit of Shakespeare porn. (Is there anyone more attractive than Peter O’Toole in his prime, discussing something he was obviously passionate about and an expert in? Just gorgeous. Well, maybe Kenneth Branagh doing same.). There are a cou...

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Writing | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). April 24, 2015. April 24, 2015. I am a person who looks ahead, moves forward, leaves the past behind. Generally speaking, that is. Up until the last couple of years, that is. Until I had to look back, that is. The problem with looking forward is that it’s too easy to get stuck in the groove of making the same mistakes in life over and over again. Like so many, I’ve been there, and it leads to a therapist’s chair. I am still a person...

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Poetry and Fiction | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). Building Stories: Where do they come from? March 18, 2015. I’m endlessly fascinated by how a story is made; how much of it is fact and how much is fiction. Or, think of a childhood place, object or smell. Now write in response. Go! Such exercises are incredibly useful. They get your pen moving at the beginning of a writing session, and often lead to an idea for a short story, a poem, even a novel. The story I had published in. And b...

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Waves | Becca Joyce

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Ordinary Times in Extraordinary Circumstances. Published Work (So Far…). April 27, 2015. On a hot afternoon after college, with another hour before I had to pick up the kids, I drove directly to the beach from Wellington, and slipped on my swimsuit in the parked car. I walked barefoot along the hot sand path through reeds and grasses down to the shore, dropped my towel as I went. A to Z Challenge. How to Rescue a Cheesecake →. 3 thoughts on “ Waves. April 27, 2015 at 7:17 pm. April 27, 2015 at 7:49 pm.