And the winner is…

And while I was writing that diary entry, another email about a catch arrived in my in-box! This time it was for Let’s Face the Music and Die by Sandra Scoppettone, a book that I’d given to rarsberry when she was up here visiting ages ago. She released it in Dunedin, where it was caught…

I’ve just got home from my Spanish exam, and I’m about to collapse somewhere comfy with copious amounts of wine and chocolate (well, maybe I’ll eat dinner first before I start on the chocolate…) Yayyy!!! No more studying for two whole weeks!!! (And then it all starts again, but harder… but I’m trying not to…

San Francisco Signs we’re in America: the breakfast provided by the hostel offered a choice of bagel or waffles. Signs we’re in California: there are recycling bins in every room, and signs reminding you to save water. Amazingly, we were all awake reasonably early and managed to get breakfasted and out of the hostel without…

Friday 22 October 2010, 7 am Mini-Wombles said last night that even though she’d only been in Sydney for a few hours, it felt like about a week. I know what she means – we certainly managed to pack a lot into those few hours. (Bookcrossers: we get more done in an evening than most…

I went to Trattorie for lunch on Saturday, to drop off the books that freesia had left with me: Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse Plays Well With Others by Allan Gurganus Hooray for Hellywood by Esther Friesner Dreaming of a Stranger by Sheila O’Flanagan A Reader’s Digest Condensed Book What She Wants by Cathy Kelly…