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Rain!
The good news is, it started raining yesterday (I’ve never heard so many people saying “Yay, it’s raining!” instead of “Ugh, it’s raining”). The bad news is, it’s the wrong sort of rain. It’s just been a light drizzle – not enough to put the fires out, but enough to hamper visibility so that the…
Checking in from Wellington
Yep, I’m back in Wellington again, for another conference. A bit different than the last one though – this time it’s the National Digital Forum, a conference/gathering for people on the technical side of the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector. Somehow I don’t think we’ll be decorating our name tags with glitter and…
Cat on a cold tin roof
Amazingly, the sun actually came out over the weekend, and the forecast for Thursday and Friday is now just “drizzle at time”, rather than rain. Drizzle at times I can handle. Drizzle at times means just ducking under the shelter of the marquee for a few minutes until the sun comes out again. Drizzle at…
Out and about in Wellington
ellington was wonderful (despite the less than stellar weather). And the conference was amazing. As well as reminding me that being involved in the union wasn’t all hard work, and there’s actually a lot about it that I miss, being in a queer space for the first time was incredible – just being in amongst…
Family portraits
Going home today, but in the meantime I managed to fit a lot into the last few days of my holiday. (Note to vegetarians, vegans, and those of a delicate constitution, you probably want to skip this first paragraph). First was a hunting expedition on Saturday night. During dinner I’d mentioned to Brother that it…
Cake surprise fail
o the cake surprise didn’t exactly didn’t go to plan. For a start, we forgot that Lucy-Jane was working off-campus with one of our content providers this morning. So there we were busy plotting how to get her out of the office for a few minutes at the end of our Monday morning meeting so…