What a total flip-swizzing-upturning-juggle-cat of a year 2022 has been. Many unexpected things happened-thankfully mainly the delightful kind, although some not so much – such is the balance of life. When 2022 started I had no real idea how it’d end, but I’m not sure I expected to be where I’m at right now. IContinue reading “2022, what a ride”
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My 40th year – November (month #7)
These past few months have been pretty intense and my main focus has mainly been on just trying to keep afloat and keep a handle on everything that’s been going on. There’s been little time or energy for much else, but over the last month things feel like they’ve started to settle a little bit,Continue reading “My 40th year – November (month #7)”
3 years in New Zealand
Last weekend marked my three year kiwi-versary. Three years since I got off a plane not knowing what would happen next, or how long I’d be here. It’s been quite the journey so far. I posted my thoughts a year ago, when I’d been here two years. It still felt pretty new, and still quiteContinue reading “3 years in New Zealand”
A year in moments #18 – the beach
Giant wisps of sand blew across the beach towards the sea, disappearing into the waves. The wind swirled in gusts, like it was dancing to a tune they couldn’t hear. She ran towards the edge of the sea, laughing, and he ran after her. She stopped suddenly. ‘Isn’t it beautiful?’ She said, the wind blowingContinue reading “A year in moments #18 – the beach”
A year in moments #16 – just there
I realised something. He wants to just be with me. Not something + me, just me. No need to be doing anything. Just together, existing. ‘I just enjoy being around you.’ The last one didn’t seem to. This one does. It’s nice.
Cohabiting with a big pink saxophone
‘At first it felt like a bit of a holiday. You have to work out where you’re going to lock yourself down, so that’s the first dilemma isn’t it?’ Julie had several options, and elderly family to consider, but in the end chose to lockdown with her partner at his house. They’ve never lived togetherContinue reading “Cohabiting with a big pink saxophone”
The tortoise and the hare
‘Lockdown is very slow,’ Gemma pops up, and then ducks out of sight on the screen. ‘I was furloughed for the first four weeks, and as soon as I started loving furlough life, they called me back; our systems aren’t set up for working from home.’ The first week was weird, she says, mainly becauseContinue reading “The tortoise and the hare”
Lockdown dating diary
The screen flickers and I see the beams of Ruth’s kitchen ceiling, and I picture her little country cottage nestled in a picture perfect Cotswold village, surrounded by rolling hills and endless green English countryside. I see a figure in a dressing gown moving about at the bottom of the screen, and a voice shouts,Continue reading “Lockdown dating diary”
Love and liver failure
“I’d probably say my lockdown experience is really boring,” Natalie laughs. We’ve not spoken in nearly five years, bonded by an unforgettable induction experience when we both started a new job on the same day. Her voice and accent is exactly the same as someone I know here in Christchurch, and which is strange. I’mContinue reading “Love and liver failure”
The Paps Life 