March 31, 2008

tuesday trinkets: the ring box

I cannot remember where I bought the ring box, it may have been portobello market. The hinges are broken so the lid is not attached. It [...]

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leaving early on the last day of march

Monday feeling head-achy and body-achy. Soul-achy. A rumbling, bumbling bus up the hill and home to the warmth and safety of #54. Peace. The sound of [...]

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March 30, 2008

tabula rasa

Sunday afternoon Pip, TP and I stamped our passports and drove up the motorway to meet the new man in Bindy’s life. Only a week old [...]

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March 28, 2008

under construction

In the last few months, I have had perhaps half a dozen firsts, a couple of seconds but only one third date. And what happened there [...]

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March 27, 2008

friday five: exercise in self-justification

Five: because I can’t not do this. Almost every day for as long as I can remember I have written something down, somewhere. Clicking the little [...]

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March 26, 2008

warning: this post contains references to lady-bits

So tonight I have been mostly researching a minor procedure I need to have done (very different from self-diagnosis via google which I have stopped doing [...]

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March 25, 2008

refreshingly ginger

Ginger ninja, beaker, wookie, tampon head (yes really), strawbs, gingernut, rusty, pinger gubes, orange, ginger pud, fot (fucking orange thing), firebush, agent orange, brassvadge, orphan annie [...]

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March 24, 2008

timing

I got home last night and his t-shirt was at the top of the washing pile. He had been in touch over the weekend, just to [...]

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camping

The moon was full all weekend, shinning in a crisp, clear Central Otago sky. The Southern Cross hovered above the caravan, a talisman reminding me I [...]

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March 21, 2008

notes from warrington beach

There is an endless, rythmic roar. It’s all around me. The sea is grey, the light soft, almost translucent. Random piles of kelp and driftwood have [...]

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March 19, 2008

at easter, spare a thought for jesus

Yesterday my crickety karma once again revealed itself as Pip and I tried to understand the financial forecasting model (thrilling I know) over a cheese scone [...]

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March 18, 2008

marmalade

So mostly last weeks posts read like single girl tales of misery and woe. And I am the first to admit, the single thing can be [...]

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