Monthly Archives: October 2008

NaNoWriMo

I’m participating in NaNoWriMo this year. This is an event where tens of thousands of people from all over the world undertake to write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. You can follow my progress from my profile … Continue reading

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Birthday at Ginkgo

One of my favourite restaurants, Ginkgo, happened by a great stroke of luck to be having a vegetarian banquet night on the day of my 42nd birthday, so a group of us went along. It was a set menu, which … Continue reading

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Golden Bay

I spent Labour Weekend with my parents at their property, Mamaku, in Tasman. As always, their house was looking wonderful, and the views glorious: We spent a day with my sister and her family in their new bach over the … Continue reading

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These Boots Were Made for Bloggin’

So that’s just what I’ll do. In my never-ending quest for good footware fit for a vegetarian, I have recently discovered to my delight that SAFE run a cruelty-free shop in Auckland with a web order form. I ordered some … Continue reading

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Literal Heave

And another one. On TV3 News last night the reporter camped outside the Tui Awards claimed that “the red carpet is literally heaving with the stars of the New Zealand music industry.” Must’ve made it hard to walk down…

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Master of Paxwax

Radio New Zealand National has just finished playing a twenty-part adaptation of Master of Paxwax, a science fiction novel written by New Zealand (ish) author, Phillip Mann. I had heard of Mann before, but had never read any of his … Continue reading

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