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Three songs on a Tuesday

March 5, 2013 – 10:01 pm

Being personally responsible for some of these million views… here are the songs I am writing to lately.

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Greece: the quick version

December 11, 2012 – 7:58 pm

I had wanted to visit Greece for ages, and I loved it. For our trip, Greece gets: best photos, best beach time, and worst city. Read this entry to see some of those pretty pictures!

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Turn that Xmas upside down

November 25, 2012 – 12:56 pm

I’m still missing cold Christmases. It doesn’t feel very festive here. I think I might need to buy some decorations and a CD of carols or something… I did get some home fragrance oil from Crabtree & Evelyn – NOEL – it is piney and spicy and lovely, and helps a little. Then I think, all that stuff is so expensive. I should buy it January, when it’s all on sale, for next year instead… and ride out this year undecorative, just me & the oil burner.

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Loving + loathing for October

October 11, 2012 – 3:43 pm

IN Part time. My job contract got extended again for another 3 months and they’re letting me go part-time. I’m ridiculously excited about having dedicated days for writing over the next 3 months. It feels very luxurious, although I’m sure the reality won’t be. One day in and I’ll be like, wait this is just read more »

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Sneezy spring & the downunder mark up

September 27, 2012 – 11:29 am

Sneeze sneeze sneeze. Spring has arrived. Today forecasts a high of 27 degrees C — balmy! — but, sadly, windy. The plane trees are busily offloading their buckets of pollen. The pollen has started filling the gutters. And my eyeballs and sinuses. When we first arrived a year ago, mid-October, it was super windy too. read more »

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Green thumbs, or not

September 24, 2012 – 10:01 pm

As the weather warms & we get longer days, I have ventured back into my ‘garden’. I say so with quotes, as my method involves chucking stuff in the ground & seeing what lives. I do try to plant things by height, so the bigger things are at the back. But, erm, that’s the extent read more »

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Italy: the quick version

August 30, 2012 – 7:38 am

From our trip, I am awarding to Italy: Best monument The Colosseum. It just kicks ass. Best historical place Pompeii. We spent 7 hours there and I didn’t even see everything I wanted to. I could easily spend another 7 hours there. The immersive experience of exploring an ancient Roman city was simply amazing. One read more »

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Loving & loathing for, um, the right now

August 27, 2012 – 6:54 pm

It should be for August but it’s almost September. Plus did I do July? I might’ve missed July too. Oops. Well, we all know how life can get in the way of blogging sometimes. On to the gratitude… IN Minor (in comparison to 2011) travellations: a trip to Wellington and a weekend away in Lorne. read more »

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