The Pukeko with its weird backward-bendy leg I took Mum’s car into the mechanic to see if he could remove the mobile phone from the guts of the airconditioning system (apparently not). While I was waiting for that decision, I went to the Countdown supermarket around the corner to buy some Meal Mates, Krispie biscuits, [...]
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Tagged: New Zealand, Personal, Travel
Henry and Jake – together again After the jazz show, Jake and I had arranged to go and see Henry, who had been Jake’s best friend for years up to the time when we left New Zealand. Henry doesn’t do email, and so he and Jake had been pretty much completely out of touch for [...]
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Playing jazz on the radio I was invited along to do my old George FM show, It’s A Jazz Thing with the current host, Mark Robinson. Mark took the reins a couple of years ago, and made that show his own. He’s continued the programme’s interest in diverse jazz and plays everything from the most [...]
Categories: New Zealand,Travel
Tagged: New Zealand, Personal, Travel
