KICKER: THIS HAPPENED TO ME

Something Mystifying Is Afoot

When coincidences stun and puzzle the mind, perhaps the universe is simply listening in

The black coral earrings made in Tonga given to me by a long-lost friend; was this gift a harbinger (to me) of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption? (Photo credit to the author)

Early this year, I was looking for my opal pendant. It was only a tiny thing, bought many years ago in a shop selling opal and jade jewellery along Queen Street in Auckland.