The Lower Hutt Library recently sent me an email to advise a book I had placed on reserve was now available. So I sped down to the local branch (Stokes Valley) to pick the book up, in the expectation I would be well entertained over the weekend. The book was
John Sandford is, to my mind, one of the foremost exponents of the cop story of the present time. He has written many books featuring an overlapping cast of characters, and the latest is set in the Biden-era USA amid the Covid mask days. It features his favourite detective, Lucas
Warning, WARNING. This article covers adult subjects. Those of a delicate nature should refrain from reading further. Mrs Korau and I were discussing various topics the other day, and the subject of the size of men’s um, ah, you know, thingies came up. No, that’s not what I
On a Saturday afternoon when there is nothing on the television, what does one do? One goes to the movies. Among the dross that Hollywood pumps out, we found a feel-good genre movie about an English war widow who dreams of buying and owning a dress designed by Dior of
I wrote about our Cat, Oliver, and how I hoped he would provide solace for my wife when I shipped out as a result of my cancer. You can read the original article here. Well, things have changed somewhat since March last year. I’m still here, much to my
I want to thank all those who congratulated me on our 52nd wedding anniversary on Monday. It was a very pleasant day. As some of you know I’m ill and just waiting to board the final train. But in the meantime I’m enjoying life as much as possible.
As part of the ongoing investigation of my cancer “south of the border” I was scheduled to have a Chest/Abdo/Pelvis CT scan in Wellington Hospital on 1st December. This would be the day after my interview with the urologist and meant two trips into Wellington. Parking at and
