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Category: Travel and Places
D had a Significant Birthday this year, and with some money from her inheritance chose to take us both Sydney for a long weekend, and to cram as much into the few days as possible. Long version with photos and gallery links at https://marsden-online.dreamwidth.org/1045226.html » Continue Reading
Category: Blogging
Gytha was one of the most people-friendly and social cats one could ever hope to meet / be the person of and brought great joy not only to myself and my family, but also to many visitors. When I was hosting (often loud) student parties she would often venture forth to meet people and keep company. She was a trusting, loving, affectionate cat right up to the end and we are going to miss her so much... » Continue Reading
Category: News and Politics
"Early voting has started, so I'm running out of time to make my triennial pre-election post." https://marsden-online.dreamwidth.org/1041449.html » Continue Reading
Category: Life
Some months ago we were given notice of my brother (B) and his fiancé's (R) wedding, to be held beach-side in the the Coromandel. After looking at the costs and logistics of flights, rental cars etc just for a weekend trip versus the cost of the ferry, and discovering that there was a quilt show on that we could feasibly visit en-route, the decision was made that we could afford for me to take a w... » Continue Reading
Category: Life
"I am not feeling positive going into the New Year, even less so than going into this year. Hanging over me or settled in my gut is something like generalised anxiety, but not exactly. I suspect it may be some type of self loathing..." https://marsden-online.dreamwidth.org/1039415.html » Continue Reading
Category: Games
Relatable. "Four bedraggled adventurers stand together on the shore of a desolate island, shivering in the evening mist. They don’t know each other, and their motives for being here are unclear. But as they make stilted conversation they see, emerging from the briny waters, figures dressed in the rags of sailor outfits, moaning and shuffling and horrible. The adventurers stand around, roll some di... » Continue Reading
Category: Writing and Poetry
Currently living rent-free in my head: character concepts and bonus campaign concept. Full post in my Dreamwidth journal. » Continue Reading
Category: News and Politics
If you are on the electoral role in NZ you probably received a letter from the National Party » Continue Reading
Category: Life
"With E away visiting for this school holidays and D in Wellington for part of school holidays / all of quilting symposium, my expectation was that I would be able to take the energy I normally spend on them and redirect it to a) easier work hours b) downtime c) catching up with people I haven't seen in ages and d) the long list of things wanting to be done around the house. Narrator: this did not... » Continue Reading
Category: Web, HTML, Tech
"This weekendish DreamWidth is changing one of it's service providers because [DW have] ethics. You can read the details in the DW Maintenance post and comments if you want to know more. The comments took a left turn into free-speech, censorship and content-moderation (which are, to be clear, completely unaffected by this move) and several very good analogies were brought up which I want to preser... » Continue Reading
Category: Life
This afternoon I dug over a small area at the front of the waste land outside - turning the sod, breaking it up, levelling it out a bit, pulling out stones which would interact poorly with a lawn mower and so on. Contrary to my expectations (from conversations with a neighbour who has done their landscaping and from the excavation leavings around the house) of clay and stones it is actually quit... » Continue Reading
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