Fabulous Day Party at the White Barn with Hamish and Alastair, a quick visit to see Mum and Dad at Eketāhuna, and dinner on the deck with Bill and Simon at Hōkio. ❤️💙💚 #DayParty #WhiteBarn #Carterton #Wairarapa #Eketāhuna #EkeCountryCottage #Tararua #Hōkio #HōkioBeach #Horowhenua
If anyone in Pōneke needs an in-depth guide to the Scythians and other historical steppe peoples I can probably help 😂. I actually did not set out to create this collection… but now that I have it I love it 😍 📚 #books #history #scythians #steppe #collection #serendipity
Temporary solution to the 2023 shelving crisis - double stacking. Not an acceptable long term solution but needs must… 📚 #books #shelving #crisis #2023
Currently reading: The Darker Angels of Our Nature edited by Philip Dwyer 📚
A refutation of psychologist Steven Pinker’s 2012 “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by historians of violence. The editor is the Professor of History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence at the University of Newcastle, and co-editor of Cambridge World History of Violence.
A Man and His Pride by Luke Rutledge
Review: A Man and His Pride by Luke Rutledge 📚
This was the prefect book to read on the way home from Sydney World Pride 2023. It has been a while since a book made me both laugh out loud and cry for the characters and for the things they represent. Luke Rutledge’s debut novel is set at the time of Australia’s Same Sex Marriage referendum. It skilfully weaves a tale of flawed deeply human people dealing with different sorts of trauma inflicted by many varieties of homophobia and self repression. It’s equally a story about how heteronormative expectations damage us all - queer or straight - but also about the gentle love of friendship can help us overcome and heal our hurts. Truly, love wins - just not always how you expect it will.
What a crew! What a parade! #parade #tradies #gay #sydney #mardigras #worldpride
Mardi Gras parade Gay Tradies float mid parade
The Sydney World Pride / Mardi Gras 2023 Sussex St Library 📚 #books #library #sydney #worldpride #mardigras
Incredible collection at the Sydney Modern art gallery. #art #modernart #gallery #sydney
Morning reading after a fantastic first night of @sydneyworldpride - with a couple of books from @littleblackgallery and @boysfineart #mōrena #sydney #worldpride #mardigras #books #art #photography
Photography books - “Rite” by Michael Søndergaard and “Uncensored” by AdeY
Wonderful World Pride Exhibition by @thelittleblackgallery 📷 #photography #art #exhibition #northsydney #sydney #mardigras
Successful book haul from Abbeys Bookshop in central Sydney 📚🛍️😜😳
So many great history books!
(Some pre-planning may have been involved…)
Started reading: The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan 📚
I enjoyed the first the Empire of the Wolf series; looking forward to this one.
Finished reading: Godkiller (Godkiller, Book 1) by Hannah Kaner 📚
Oh yes! Fantastic! More please :)
Finished reading: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell 📚
Fun queer space opera in the same universe as “Winter’s Orbit”.