Katherine

What’s in a name? Something and everything. Many of us wonder what our parents were thinking when they named us but sometimes I think life has a way of showing us there’s rhyme and reason beyond even what they intended.

Maelstrom

There’s a malestrom building. “A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex that has a considerable downdraft. The Scandinavian word (malström or malstrøm) was introduced into English by Edgar Allan Poe in his story “A Descent into the Maelström” (1841).

Water Water Everywhere

They’ve stayed in my memory for years these lines, actually the entire narrative has. It’s Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. Our old School Principal, Bob Foster taught it to

Town Hall, Onga Onga, Central Hawke’s Bay

Old School House, Onga Onga Historic Village

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