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Next door have a nearly-grown kitten who is the cheekiest cat I’ve ever met. Whenever our front door is open (or a convenient window) he’ll just wander into the house, make himself comfortable, and steal George’s food (usually while George is sitting there watching). He doesn’t do it sneakily like most cats would, he just…

Ok, so it took me a lot of years, but I finally finished the advent calendar! It’s got little ornaments to hang off the calendar to mark off the days: I started it with the intention of giving it to my nephew (that’s how long I’ve been working on it – there was only one…

(Yes, as usual I’m way behind with the actual writing about a convention, but in the meantime, here’s a list of books…) Friday night BBQAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories by Mark TwainRelic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln ChildSleepers by Lorenzo CarcaterraSpook by Mary RoachThe Street of a Thousand Blossoms by…

Ventura. Happy birthday Mum! The view from my motel room. A small hedge separates the carpark from a multi-lane road, busy with traffic (all going the same direction – right must lead towards work for everyone). That’s not the freeway, though – that lies beyond, a concrete monster towering over the road, I don’t know…

Well it’s the 6th of the 6th of 06 here in NZ, and so far the world doesn’t seem to have ended. It was a bit cold this morning, does that count? 😉

Total: 168 books January (17) Going Postal by Terry Pratchett The Orchard Thieves by Elizabeth Jolley Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun “Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P Feynman More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon The Cartoon Connection: The Art…