Wasted

The midnight pie: a tragedy in three acts.

Not to be confused with

A quick post in honour of the French president’s visit to New Caledonia, also considered to be part of France.

A long day

My surgeon just gave a big sigh, not sure if that’s better or worse than swearing?

Beep beep

Sometimes I wonder about getting a new, smaller car.

Out of touch with reality

We have one of our offspring living with us at the moment, and last night he was complaining that he had pohutakawa seeds on his skin, that felt unpleasantly itchy.

Germed

I may be a demonstrable loser when it comes to extrasolar phenomena, but I thought something had gone well for me this week.

Tormented

My anguish at missing the aurora has settled into a dull roar that I can distract myself with if I try hard.