Hi everyone, looking for some 📚 recommendations! My dad is going in for an operation tomorrow and will be at least overnight in hospital. I’m a bit nervous about it all and so to distract myself (and him of course!) I want to get him something for his kindle if he does feel up to reading. I’m looking for something funny (but not stitch-pulling funny, hehe) and light but not complete fluff. Something Bill Bryson-y with shortish chapters and humour and interesting factoids. Probably non fiction?

What’s everyone using for notes capture these days? I have so many tabs open on my phone and just want to unload them (but I really still want to watch/save the info somehow), but I don’t want to fall down the Evernote-hole again…

Found this Kererū feather on the way home from dropping Moo at the bus stop. Looks quite plain, but has a definite sheen if you tilt it to catch the light!

Hurriedly trying to remember what Level 2 entails! (Community case in Auckland; they are in L 3, rest of the country at L 2…)

Sunset from a few nights ago. Today is socked-in sea fog, so no chance of a beautiful sunset tonight.

In the 24 hours my daughter had had The Sims on her computer she has: become a vampire, got married to some random she met on the street, become pregnant with twins, and now just turned her husband into a vampire…

The kiddo. Eight now, unbelievable!

The walk home after picking up my daughter from a friend’s house Saturday night.

Also… keen to hit the ground running again…are the micro.blog achievements still a thing? I can’t remember where they were located any more, could someone please remind me? :)

Hello everyone! Been away a while. 2020…well, it was a year, wasn’t it? Finally feel as though I’ve woken up.

I feel like I need to read more poetry 📚 and also listen to more classical music 🎼these days. Would dearly love some recommendations, if anyone has some?

Found a Puriri moth on the side of the road on my morning walk today. Picked it up, thinking it was dead, but after ten or so paces it started moving in my hand. Wish I’d got a photo of me holding it (they’re huge!), but here it is in the pohutukawa I popped it on.

Waiting for the school bus…in a few minutes this clam will be completely shattered! 😉

Someone’s chicken has gone into overdrive. I can hear it bokking over the hills!

I’m trying to teach myself to draw dungeon maps. Here’s a first attempt :)

Tonight’s sky 🥰

Going to try and be more regular with blogging…again. Today’s offering: Bus Stop Days.

Really enjoyed reading this post about Agnes Martin! I hadn’t heard of her but she sounds like a wonderful soul.

Weird sea fog settling over the bay today!

Wow - all of the world’s (I’m assuming larger) marine vessels: www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho…

Been off all things social media for the last wee while (plus it’s school holidays!), but here’s a snapshot of what I’ve been up to lately… trying to set up a Traveller-themed version of “No GM’s Sky” with Mythic GME (game master emulator) and UNE (universal NPC emulator)! New to all of these tools and systems so this is probably quite ambitious, but I have a character (a scientist type), a patron (rich tourist who wants to see all the sights), a ship (a fancy entertainment yacht) and a twelve person crew! Whew!

The most delightfully geeky haul arrived in the post today! 🎲🌈

That time my daughter was mistaken for Prince George, and me his Spanish nanny…

Playing: Freeway Warrior: Highway Holocaust by Joe Dever. (Many many of his gamebooks are (legally) free on this site, if you fancy a bit of Lone Wolf…)

I’ve discovered Ironsworn!