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Rosa Barker

Rosa Barker

Jacksonstein’s Monster

This post is not an anti-Peter Jackson rant. Nor is it anti-Beatles or anti-technology. On the contrary, I think Peter Jackson’s music…

Nov 6, 2023

Nov 6, 2023

Rosa Barker

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Here’s why I’m running late for work: In the middle of the night, I was woken up by some thin-voiced someone nearby screaming.

Jul 26, 2023

Jul 26, 2023

Rosa Barker

The mechanics of copyfitting columns

A lot is written about copyediting but one related topic that isn’t covered as widely is copyfitting. It is a vital skill if you are…

Jul 14, 2023

Jul 14, 2023

Rosa Barker

A Day in the Life of a BBY

It’s no fun being the kind of thing people make jokes about. I, Blackberry–BBY for short–used to be the #1 phone in the world, celebrated…

Mar 9, 2023

Mar 9, 2023

Rosa Barker

Life goes on

It’s been just over two years since I published anything here on Medium. For most of those two years, community life on Moloka‘i ground to…

May 15, 2022

Life goes on

May 15, 2022

Rosa Barker

Oedipus: A COVID-19 Tale

What the heck has some ancient Greek dude got to do with the current pandemic, you might well ask. We’ve all heard of Oedipus, right? Even…

Apr 7, 2020

Oedipus: A COVID-19 Tale

Apr 7, 2020

Rosa Barker

Pandemic in Paradise: Anger, Angst and Aloha

Living on an island in the middle of the Pacific is no guarantee that COVID-19 won’t arrive here, but the residents of Moloka‘i…

Mar 19, 2020

Pandemic in Paradise: Anger, Angst and Aloha

Mar 19, 2020

Rosa Barker

20 Years in the US of A: Arriving

There was a feeling of Christmas in the air as I tumbled out of an Amtrak Thruway bus outside the towering Hyatt Regency hotel on the…

Nov 22, 2019

20 Years in the US of A: Arriving

Nov 22, 2019

Rosa Barker

Rosa Barker

I live in Hawai'i, but was born and raised in Taranaki, NZ. My regular column, “Stateside with Rosalea,” appeared on Scoop Media NZ's news website, 2000–2010.

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