Aside from my feelings about school holidays as a parent, it is interesting how much of a difference they make to the Wellington vibe. At university today, there were kids in the cafe, and in the hallways. And sitting here in my little shoebox of an office, I am frequently hearing kids’ voices echoing up [...]

Had a most excellent time at Mighty Mighty last night attending the Cook Strait Social Club gig. Barry Saunders and Julia Deans both did amazing solo sets. Julia has such an incredible voice, it was bloody lovely to listen to. And of course the Samuel Flynn Scott set astounded and impressed! Believe it or not, [...]

I am going tomorrow!

I have belatedly discovered this clip of my father on YouTube.

A close friend of mine who had never met him before said that he was a male version of me! I’m not so sure!!

I hope everyone in Welly is planning to get along to the Samuel Flynn Scott / Lawrence Arabia gig tomorrow night at the SF Bathhouse. Me & Jan will definitely be there. And great music. And maybe Sam will open his mouth wide and give us the answer to the meaning of life, the universe [...]

I have just uploaded a zillion photos from the whanau Christmas that seems so long ago now… If you are a member of said whanau, you may want to check it out! Sorry to report that my attempt to take a Christmas day portrait of everyone was ruined because I forgot two members of the [...]

Sam sent me this pic of Harry having a bash over Christmas. What a rocker!
Archie is going great at school, apart from being sick for 50% of the days so far. Hopefully that is just a temporary aberration, he is back now and raring to go.
I have just discovered Threadless and am obsessed, though as [...]

Archie on his first day of school:

He is very excited!

Archie finally starts school tomorrow (after a week long delay while the school found a teacher aide for him). He is very excited! And we are very nervous…. Here’s hoping it all goes well! What a momentous day!
Another momentous day is not far off, the annual Jems Oscar bash! Invites will be sent out shortly [...]

Wow, here I am, back on the internet for the first time in one and a half weeks! Amazing. We had a full on family Christmas in the Wairarapa. Everyone was there and it was a crazy orgy of consumerism and indulgence. Archie and Harry had a lovely day. NYE was supposed to be a [...]