Sep. 19th, 2025 05:17 pm

Garden and general update

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There's not a lot flowering yet, at the end of (for Auckland) an especially cold, wet, windy winter. I haven't felt much like gardening until the past couple of weeks and am just getting back into it now, refurbishing pots of bulbs and lilies, trying to plant snap peas (if enough of them ever sprout!)

Of course, there are other reasons why I've felt like huddling indoors, and I've been dealing with more anxiety - as I imagine, most of us have. It's sometimes hard to figure out which reality is "real" - is the cheerful busyness I feel on good days accurate, or is it denial? Is the trepidation of bad days realistic, or "through a glass darkly"? I've also considered whether my previous bout of thyroid overactivity might be coming back - I've been off the medication for it for ten months now. It can cause jitteriness, but there's more than enough cause for that without looking for medical culprits. I'll get a test when my GP arranges the form, anyway. I'm also temporarily carless - it threw up a load of warning lights and balked at starting so is at the mechanics. That might be making me feel unsettled as well.

Good things to focus on are the enjoyment of getting my hands into dirt again, watching the local sparrows mobbing the bird feeder when I fill it with seeds, a big rice-cooker of bean, veggie, kumara & chilli stew which has taken care of several days of meals, and some excellent books I've been reading and will review soon.

Have a few garden pics, meanwhile.

Return of the giant Mexican sunflower! (by my Dalek compost bin)White primula in the agapanthus leaves
Fairy crassula in a hanging basketTub of succulents
Impatiens at the base of a leafless Japanese maple

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Sep. 17th, 2025 10:58 am

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Sep. 16th, 2025 02:31 pm

Robert Redford

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I admit, when I'm watching a movie I really enjoy, I'm usually absorbing without thinking ahead. So I was totally flabbergasted when the Winter Soldier showed up at Pierce's house and was taking orders from him. In retrospect, it seems obvious that they wouldn't have hired someone of Robert Redford's caliber to just be an upright lead bureaucrat type, he must be there for a significant twist. But that was a great 'omg!' moment for me.

Redford was one of the greats, and one of the most significant actors of my childhood. Looking at dates, I think Jeremiah Johnson was probably the first movie of his I saw, though all I remember is he looked fabulous as a mountain man. Then The Way We Were and The Sting... and somewhere in there I saw Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on TV, being devastated by that ending. Three Days of the Condo and The Electric Horseman...I only saw All the President's Men within the last 10 years or so. That was weirdly fascinating just for how much the technology of journalism has changed.

I don't know much about his personal life, but he had an amazing career and did so many worthwhile things and lived to a pretty darned good age... we were lucky to have him and the body of work he created. RIP, Robert Redford, you will be missed.
Sep. 16th, 2025 12:51 pm

Dear ITPE Creator Letter

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First, thanks so much for making me a gift! I'll love whatever you want to make, but here are a few general guidelines about things I prefer and those I'd rather not receive.

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Sep. 13th, 2025 09:55 am

sad news

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On Facebook this morning, Obi-Ki's son Alan posted that his cancer has become aggressive and he has days or weeks at the most.

I'm just devastated, I had really thought he was getting better and was expecting to see him at Con*Strict at the end of the month. Cancer sucks so much.
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Sep. 10th, 2025 05:10 pm

Another day of adulting

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I adulted the shit out of today. W00t! Some of it was kinda-sorta accidental (in the right place at the right time) but stuff got done so that totally counts.

This is worthy of celebrating.


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The only reason you don't see coffee on this list is because it would be my sixth cup of the day.
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Sep. 10th, 2025 12:13 pm

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Sep. 8th, 2025 08:18 am

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I went to a Fox News Take Down on Saturday. It was only about 20 of us lined up outside the Fox station in town, on a wide, busy street, waving our signs about Fox’s lies, receiving regular honks of encouragement from the cars going past. It was much smaller than the protests at the Capitol but I’m glad I went. Had some good conversations with people equally concerned about what’s happening in this country and listened to a kickass playlist of protest songs.

I’ve been frustrated, talking with people about going to protests, and some of them saying, “oh, but they’re not doing anything, are they?” And JFC. No, the protests have not instantly converted the fascist orange grifter and his Republican lackeys into decent people who understand and respect what a democracy is. But they have consistently made the point that a whole bunch of people in this country are not happy with the stark rush to fascism and we will make a noise about saving our democracy.

I feel it must encourage and strengthen the judges who are making some important decisions to protect our laws and the politicians who are standing up and demanding oversight and accountability. And shows the world that many Americans disapprove of the felon’s destruction and chaos.

I’m still writing postcards too, which seems like time to do some more.
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