1 Family time in New Plymouth trumped everything this week
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2 Popstar
Poppy Mae - the undoubted star of the show.
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| Jade, Adam and Poppy |
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| Fanfa and Drew |
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| Mema and Asher feed George and other llamas |
Overtime:
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| Chris and Asher brave the Te Henui |
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| The search for dinosaur eggs |
1 Feeling hot this week
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2 Listening: Cooled down by Jean-Luc Ponty's Mystical Adventures
3 Reading: Murakami and Smollett
“Some men are wise and some are otherwise.” (Tobias Smollett)I continued with both of these during the week. Each has me hooked!
4 Watching: The Good Doctor - Season 2.
We continued to be hooked by the characters and storylines of The Good Doctor this week.
5 Listening: Michael Oher on what The Blind Side didn't show
Overtime:
1 Feeling this week as I sort through some records:
2 Reading: Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami)
3 Listening: Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
4 Watching: The Good Doctor
5 Reading: The best sleeping position
I struggle with getting a good night's sleep at the best of times, but the recent heatwave had me considering this article.
Overtime: Choir! Choir! Choir! - Nothing Compares 2 U
1 Feeling this first week of January 2024:
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2 Reading: Elton John's Me
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3 Re-reading: Roderick Random (Tobias Smollett)
As with Elton's book, I picked up a copy a year or so ago and they've been in the to-be-read pile ever since. Time to correct that.
I read the Smollett book when at University (so, over 40 years ago), and decided on a whim to buy a copy from The Little Red Bookstore. Now re-reading it with different eyes (I guess different brain too, but maybe not).
4 Listening: Thelonious Monk - Plays Duke Ellington
5 Reading: About the sixties San Francisco band - The Charlatans
Overtime:
