As I'm off work for the moment, I seem to keep myself amused by various creative activities such as writing songs, thinking about writing songs, getting my lungs back into shape-type exercises, or just surfing the internet with a glazed expression and complete lack of movement to the point of cobwebs forming between my elbow and the nearest flat ( Read more... )

Last year, I biked frequently and enthusiastically. Aside from doing my bit for the planet, it was the most efficient way to get to work in the mornings (probably 5 minutes faster than if I drove), provided I didn't mind the slog back up hill in the afternoons and getting soaked in wet weather ( Read more... )

Moving towards the latter part of summer, the Great Wellington Calm. After a sunny but gusty day, as the sun sinks to the horizon, suddenly the wind drops. Next thing you know, conditions are utterly perfect for the sort of evening you wish would never end...calm, still, warm, with everything drenched in that indescribable New Zealand light that is ( Read more... )

C'mon...REALLY ( Read more... )

Where we last left my story, I was trapped in Wellington hospital with a tube in my side, having just been told that what I had could have been fatal if left untreated ( Read more... )

So, there I was on Monday evening, having said goodbye to Megan and spent over an hour on the phone to my distressed parents in Nelson, who were freaking out that their son was in hospital. I was reacquainted with the joys of regular nurse visits to check blood pressure, random conversations with the toothless patient in the bed next to me, rock ( Read more... )

So, I had a wonderful summer holiday ( Read more... )

This has been the first post I have bothered to make since late last year. It's not that I've been uninterested in documenting happenings, but I never seem to have either ( Read more... )

Hope everyone's been well ( Read more... )

...is a party where there is alcohol but no drunk idiots; conversation but no gossip; plenty of food but no puking; laughter but no teasing; hugs but no fights; music and dancing and singalongs and love and friendship and appreciation for extra specially wonderful people.