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Golden Bay: down on the farm

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Another photo album. In Golden Bay I stayed with my folks, on their farm. Despite this, there are no photos of sheep. We did lots of other traditional Golden Bay things though. For instance… Beaches Tata (and a shag) Wharariki (walking on trees, and a seal) Bainham on the Abel Tasman (more shags) Haymaking (you [...]

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Wanganui

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Another photo gallery. In Wanganui I stayed with Ian and his fiancée Katie. Ian is a pilot and flying instructor, and I finally (after many years of promises, of living in different places and of foul weather when we did coincide) got to fly with him, in a wee four-seater with Katie and a friend [...]

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Long overdue, trip photos

Monday, March 19, 2007

My camera arrived today, which gave me the final push needed to start putting my photos online. You’ll find the beginnings at http://picasaweb.google.com/tikitu; I’ll post here every now and then as I get new galleries up and running. First up: The Golden Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show (the A&P show). The annual show combines [...]

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Rome

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Just a note on why I haven’t raved about Rome: I didn’t see much of it. And I didn’t get lost, or deliver my talk to the wrong conference, or save the Pope from an embarrassing situation involving jellied eels, or anything else noteworthy. I did a little sightseeing but at night, so the monumental [...]

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If it’s Wednesday, this must be Rome

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Off tomorrow to the EvoLang conference, in Rome. Wheee! Back Sunday evening.

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Stupidity tax

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

My new passport arrived today. I’ve been putting off blogging about this, because announcing to the world that a brand-new passport is arriving in the mail didn’t seem so very smart. Now that it’s here and I don’t have to keep quiet any more, I feel I must give some advice to anyone in my [...]

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Travel plans: New Year in New Zealand

Monday, March 20, 2006

I just booked tickets for my trip home. Wheeee! I’ll be travelling on December 30th and 31st, arriving in Auckland. The plan is to spend a week or ten days making my way down the North Island, calling on friends and relations along the way, and get home to Golden Bay in early January. Two [...]

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Back, stinky, tired, content

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

By foot, bus, tram, metro, airplane and train, I’ve wound my weary way back. The workshop was fantastic, the best of the three I’ve been to so far. This impression is definitely influenced by my growing abilities on skis, but the level of the talks was excellent also. I got some very useful feedback, and [...]

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Poland or bust!

Monday, February 27, 2006

Tomorrow morning at 9:30 my flight leaves for Prague. Wednesday I’m taking a bus to Harrachov, then struggling through the snow to an unmarked border crossing into Poland, where I will vanish into the untracked wilderness. Hopefully I’ll emerge again, at the Szklarska Poreba workshop. Then it’s pragmasemantics and skiing for a long weekend, before [...]

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Berlin in winter

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Short version: wait for summer. Longer version does not include any stories of getting lost.

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