Author Archives: Gary Cook
On the Road Again
We are moving very rapidly into the year of 2012, said by some to be the end of a world as we know it, and others who say that humankind will undergo a transition allowing all who are prepared to … Continue reading
Quote from Kathleen McGowan
“And as human beings are ruled by their emotions, opinions, and political and religious affiliations, subsequently all history is comprised of as much opinion as fact and, in many cases, has been entirely fabricated for the furthering of the author’s … Continue reading
To Move Within the Land is to Know the Sacred
Messages from the Earth and the Sky are constantly being set before us all. But oft times we are not looking or listening. The carriers of these messages will appear as the Wind, the Water, the Bird or the traveller we meet on the road that winds through the landscape of our personal journey. Continue reading
Of Ships and Stones and Stories – January 2010
Within the sites we are examining are the wrecks of a Spanish and a Portuguese ship. Archival research in Europe has, to this date provided us with information from the log books of these early explorers, that tells of ship wrecks in New Zealand, and of the French Dieppe maps that date from 1550. This tells us that French, Spanish and Portuguese explorers reached, and mapped, these shore well ahead of Tasman and Cook. Continue reading
Introducing Gary Cook
Welcome to Gary Cook’s blog. Explore, discover, enjoy! Gary has many tales to tell you and stories for you to ponder on.