Finished reading: In Youth Is Pleasure by Denton Welch 📚

Languid, lyrical, intoxicating. In youth, pleasure.

#book #queer

Seems vaguely relevant.

#book #fallofcivilisation

Storm clouds gather.

Currently reading: Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 📚

Chapter / Day 13 - “Three Hours” - On finding focus in the chaos.

Basically, many of the most productive people in the world focused their attention and energy on a three hour (ish) period of the day …

Love this :)

Evening walk, Pōneke.

Book of the Day - “The Future is History” (Masha Gessen, 2017)

Subtitled “How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia”. A warning we need to heed.

#books #history #booksky #totalitarianism

Currently reading: The Future is History by Masha Gessen 📚

Prescient book from 2017 - a lot of the reviews at the time criticised Gessen for calling Putin’s regime “totalitarian”.

Very proud of my octogenarian parents taking part in te hikoi mō Te Tiriti today!

A historic event.

Te Aro park, Pōneke.

Glorious day in Pōneke the day before the hikoi mō Te Tiriti hits town.

It’s going to be a fascinating day tomorrow.

Posting on Bluesky

I’ve set up an account on bsky.app

I love micro.blog - but it’s small and paid. 

I love that I can use my own domain (jeremybaker.nz) as my handle!

And lots of other cool stuff about Bluesky:

The Verge - some cool stuffy you can do with Bluesky

Finished reading: Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews 📚

Dark, queer, twisted.

Finished reading: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 📚

Darkly funny and sardonic. Listless tale of avoidance. Not sure about the end, but many memorable vignettes.

Storm over Carbrook, Queensland

Finished reading: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner 📚

Wonderful multi layered noir philosophic novel.

Brisbane river views

Early morning walk, Carbrook, Queensland.

Kelburn morning walk

Morning walk, Ahuriri

Ahuriri Napier

Hōkio beach rainbow 🌈

And then the sun came out.

Delightful long weekend at Hōkio.

#beach #beachhouse #garden #deck #sun

Long weekend reading collection. Connected and contrasting themes - history, philosophy, cross-cultural exchange, reflection, and ancient thought.

Cancelled

Finished reading: Sound Tracks by Graeme Lawson 📚