So it seems I can either write blog posts, or I can record videos. Doing either one seems to sap my creative energy for doing the other (or maybe it’s just that doing one makes me forget about the other). Which is a roundabout way of saying I’ve been even more terrible than usual at keeping…
A week or so ago, I had a toothache. On a Friday afternoon, of course, because things like toothaches never happen on a day when it’s easy to get a dentist’s appointment. But I somehow managed to at least get in to see my normal dentist’s assistant. Who, after a bit of poking and prodding,…
What, a blog post about a convention that was only two weeks ago? What is this madness?? So, yes, the Aus/NZ Bookcrossing convention (or unconvention, technically) was the weekend before last, on Stewart Island. Stewart Island is not the most obvious place for a convention (for the foreigners, it’s that little island at the very…
Thanks everyone for your kind comments about Pushkin. No sign of her yet, and no response to the flyer I circulated around the neighbours, but I won’t give up all hope just yet. So, I mentioned Queenstown briefly in the previous post, but only as an aside to the main item, so those bookcrossers among…
seem to have drastically expanded my social circles all of a sudden, joining two new groups in the space of just a couple of weeks. For a start, I’m now officially a Christchurch Blogger. I’m even on their list of blogs! And there’s like an official-type button I’m supposed to put on my diary somewhere…
From my travel journal: Saturday 17 November 2012, 7.30 am: In a cafe somewhere in Canberra (I don’t know, I went for a walk, so I could be anywhere…) I really should have started writing this up last night, but sleep was more urgent. It was a very long day yesterday. Started at 3.30 am…
ne of the nicer side-effects of the earthquakes is that because we lost almost all of the city’s arthouse cinemas, the mainstream cinemas have started showing a broader range of films to cater to some of that market. As a result, the local Hoyts is celebrating Diwali with a selection of Bollywood films, one of…
So many ways to sum up a year. First(ish) sentences: January: I know I said we were going to have a quiet night and probably not even see the New Year in, but plans do have a habit of changing. February: It’s the first of February, so that means TWO MONTHS UNTIL AMERICA!!! March: We’re…