Filler: In Plain Sight
Nothing like being alone in the fortress whilst the Goddess is away (auditioning chargers) to catch up on half-watched shows on the box, among them the short-lived Karen Sisco, Identity and this show....
View ArticleGOODBYE MY FELENI: Order of Battle
The “Goodbye My Feleni” cast (left to right): Taofia Pelesasa, Samson Chan-Boon, Leki Jackson Bourke, Andy Sani We don’t have stocktakes or inspection days at Fortress Mamea where the menagerie present...
View ArticleThe Kitten
After the departure of The Cat last year, the rat population expanded and some damage was done to Tilly the Dishwasher AND THE GODDESS WAS NOT HAPPY. Messengers were sent to the two corners of...
View ArticleFiller: Elysium
INT. FORTRESS MAMEA – NIGHT WRITER You want to watch the latest “Elysium” trailer with me? GODDESS (over “Horse & Pony” MAGAZINE) Only if it’ll stop your confounding grovelling. Our WRITER joins...
View Article31 October
Ah crap: that day of the year again. When The Goddess won’t allow trap-a-treaters — — or a vaguely themed obstacle course — — this evening’s roamers and their chaperones will get just one warning: Yeah...
View ArticleThe Dog
Ever since her first appearance, The Dog has been an almost annual feature here. It’s hard to believe she’s eleven years old already. Her mortality was first brought home to us when our first chicken...
View ArticleMucking with the G
This came to mind after a recent rodent run-in: It’s that time of the year when some of the forest folk seek shelter in Fortress Mamea from the inclement weather. When scratching noises emanated from...
View ArticleYowch
The other day, I was out and about in the Goddess’ chariot, far from the fortress, when I entered a roundabout and saw a blue car approaching from my left — — I noticed it wasn’t slowing down — matter...
View ArticleHi-yo
Until a couple of years ago, my attitude to horses was similar to Billy Crystal‘s “Yeeha” in City Slickers (at 1:44 in the trailer below): My first experience with horses was a sunset trek with friends...
View ArticleRoadside Attractions
Once upon a time, The Dog and I went for a run, and on that run, she found a discarded rolled roast. Because I had no time for the dog to to be distracted by such a feast — we were on a run, after all...
View ArticleThe Puppy
The Northland litter at rest. A few weeks back, The Goddess and I travelled north to select a future successor to The Dog. There was a litter of twelve puppies from which to choose, and we had first...
View ArticleWhangarei
The Dog on her old bed on her new deck. Would you believe that I’ve moved to a town that I first visited* only several months earlier? It feels like The Goddess‘ Five Year plan pulled a sack over my...
View ArticleMod Cons
Relocating Fortress Mamea to a rural location means a little bit of doing without. Cellphone reception is spotty — upon departing the property, cellphones tend to trill with backlogged txts and...
View ArticleKINGSWOOD: a workshop
Last weekend, the wonderful people at Titirangi Theatre granted the script and I a one-day workshop in which the script was read, scenes were stood up, and a number of passages blocked out for a...
View ArticleTight Spot
Now that the cavalry element have settled on the same property as The Goddess, they’ve been finding ways to make mischief. The Exmoor Mini in particular has provided entertainment (for me, at least;...
View ArticleBox Watch: Offspring
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43487416 What possessed me to try this show with The Goddess six years ago? Was it recommended to her and I was humouring her? Was it a...
View ArticleReduce
We wanted some comfort telly recently, so a few Law & Order eps were screened and it was comforting. This evening The Goddess and I tried a new police procedural show — and boy oh boy were there a...
View ArticleInterim Post #03
June 2014: at rest. With a bedcrasher. The above photo stolen by The Goddess has looked vaguely familiar for some time. Of course: By Michelangelo, Public Domain, Link
View ArticleCultural Navigation
So — don’t tell anyone — but I was doing a little light research when I read the following passage: [French explorer de Bougainville marvelled at the skill of the Samoan sailors who knew] how to use...
View ArticleSTILL LIFE WITH CHICKENS: 2017 Adam Award winner
Mother hen and chicks, October 2012. A play inspired by my mother’s adventures with poultry, and described at a workshop as surrealist and existentialist, has won the 2017 Adam New Zealand Play Award....
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