Thank you, Max, for that comparison. I have heard of Rewi Alley and am pleased at the association. What an energetic man! I am always surprised at such peoples enormous lust for life and for helping others. Myself, I'm glad tomorrow is the last day of semester here - for me, anyway. Poor students have exams in a week's time. I am sorry about the double spacing. I don;t see that when I read them here. Please adjust - they read much better single spaced. Andrew On 28/12/06, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > These thoroughly grounded pieces, Andrew, remind me of Rewi Alley, a NZer > I used > to hear a lot about when I was young, a guy who spent decades in China > teaching, > founding and running technical schools somewhere in China, and publishing > booklets of his diary poems via a little leftwing press in NZ... > > best from Max > > Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>: > > > *Linfen bricolage* >