Visual depictions of the aftershocks

I’ve had a busy wee day today. I made: Apricot muffins Apricot and orange loaf Walnut biscuits (which don’t actually contain walnuts – it’s an old family recipe that once upon a time called for walnuts, but as none of us liked them, we always substituted sultanas. The name has stuck, though.) Gingernuts Fruit loaf…

They say the best thing about travelling is coming home – I reckon it’s coming home to find that one of the books you’ve released on the trip has already been caught: I left The Iceberg Hermit in the railway station in Dunedin this morning, and it was caught and journalled by lunchtime. Plus I…

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I’m about to leave for Wellington for a few days for work. Which means the chances of getting the rest of my NoNoNoNo photos uploaded by the 25 November deadline are slim to none. So I’ll have to cheat and do them when I get back. Rules are for wimps, anyway 🙂

Just did something really dumb. It’s pouring with rain after yesterday’s stinking hot weather (Christchurch is nothing if not changeable), and I and a few colleagues were walking over to the cafe with a new staff member for a welcome morning tea. I’d left my umbrella in my office (it was only spitting when I…