{"id":6,"date":"2026-04-03T22:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:35:26","slug":"at-the-bach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/","title":{"rendered":"at the Bach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page is NOT about <strong>Johann Sebastian Bach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.enmesh.network\/kiwi.the-bach.www\/images\/at-the-bach\/mr-bach.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Date of birth: 31 March 1685<br>Died: 28 July 1750, Leipzig, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a German composer and musician of the Baroque period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Although, to be fair \u2014 his music is excellent.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is, rather\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.enmesh.network\/kiwi.the-bach.www\/images\/at-the-bach\/at-the-bach.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A place for family, friends, ideas, and making things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by the New Zealand bach \u2014 simple, shared, and evolving over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span 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ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/#Media\" >Media<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/#This-site-isnt-about-presenting-finished-ideas\" >This site isn&#8217;t about presenting finished ideas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-this-is\"><\/span>What this is<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a personal home on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a feed.<br>Not a product.<br>Not something optimised for clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a place to gather:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>family moments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>shared experiences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ideas and experiments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>things worth remembering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A place that evolves over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 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