Introduction
I am the father of AdamShand and AmyShand and I have been married to the same wonderful woman, PamShand, for more than thirty years. You may email congratulations and send small amounts of money if you wish.
I am retired, or possibly unemployed if you have something really interesting for me to do. I have spent much of my working life helping abused children, mostly in California. Apart from that, the last ten years or so, I founded with AdamShand and then ran EarthLight, one of the first commercial ISPs in NewZealand.
Now I write, read, watch cricket and rugby and drink cold beer, especially Emerson's and visit The Sounds and wineries around our new home in Marlborough. As you can see the house needs some work before we move in and I'm looking forward to that. I'm pretty damn happy.
I have been interested in how I might best live my life for a long time. Perhaps it was triggered watching London burn in the Great Blitz of 1941, it is the first thing I remember. But I have always had the urge to understand why I am here; I believe most people do. I have collected various bits and pieces that have helped me, and continue to do so. I will post links to them here from time to time. Many of them will refer to meditating, but meditating is a synonym for living.
Recipes
I do all the cooking at our house and my aim here is gradually to get my favourite everyday recipes up here at BrettsRecipePage
Email me
Email: <brett AT earthlight DOT co DOT nz>
Comments:
I've created a ScienceFiction section in the hopes that I can convince you to give the occasional reading list recommendation. I really enjoyed the books you suggested when I visited! -- GeneMerrill
Great, I'll take a look and see what I can add. Was it the Phil Mann books I recommended? -- BrettShand
The Time Travelers Wife, specifically. But I have the Phil Mann books on hold at Powell's (our local used bookseller) and am looking forward to them as well. -- GeneMerrill