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The brownshirts are preparing...

The latest Atlantic story about extreme militia groups preparing to contest the US election is deeply, deeply troubling:

wars donā€™t always start with a clear, decisive eventā€”an attack, a coup, an invasionā€”and that you might not realize youā€™re in one until itā€™s under way. Civil conflict is gradual.

Has the US conflict already begun? What can be done to halt it?

Read more: Right-Wing Militias Are Bracing for Civil War - The Atlantic


Freddie and Maddy at Fix & Fogg

Freddie and Maddy visited Fix & Fogg in the Hannah’s Laneway.

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Left Bank Laneway, Wellington

Left Bank Laneway


Thereā€™s something wonderful about Shepherd Restaurant

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Belles Hot Chicken - Wellington on a Plate 2020


The Book of Koli

This looks like an interesting book šŸ“š! Looks like another one I’ll need to track down and read…

Narrator Koliā€™s inquisitive mind and kind heart make him the perfect guide to Careyā€™s immersive, impeccably rendered world, and his speech and way of life are different enough to imagine the weight of what was lost but still achingly familiar, and as always, Carey leavens his often bleak scenarios with empathy and hope.

THE BOOK OF KOLI | Kirkus Reviews


Work - a history of how we spend out time

James Suzman’s new book šŸ“š “Work - a history of how we spend out time” is a fascinating and thought-provoking review of the long run history of work and the impact of agriculture and industrialisation. It highlights the opportunity, in a world of increasing automation, to transform how we organise our lives and economies to support ourselves and each other. As John Maynard Keynes thought:

by 2030, capital accumulation, improvements in productivity and technological advances would have solved the ā€œeconomic problemā€ and ushered in an age in which no one besides a few ā€œpurposive moneymakersā€ worked more than 15 hours in a week

We now have a chance to turn that prediction into reality.

Read more: The 300,000-year case for the 15-hour week ā€“ Finanz.dk

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Yes. #wellingtonnz


Eva and Ash

Eva and Ash at Eva's birthday dinner

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Van Gogh Alive

Went to see the Van Gogh Alive exhibition for Eva's birthday.

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Bill, Mum, Eva and Katie


Just started reading: Alaric the Goth by Douglas Boin šŸ“š

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Currently reading: Laughing Shall I Die by Tom Shippey 📚

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Currently reading: The making of the ancient Greek economy by Alain Bresson 📚

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So Strava’s subscription is going to treble?!?? Bye bye Strava !!!


Paul Melser dinner set

Delighted at our new dinner set made for us by Paul Melser. Really works fantastically with the new kitchen design.

Paul's wonderful pottery is located on Norfolk Road towards Mount Holdsworth in the Tararua Range, Wairarapa, Aotearoa New Zealand.


Family photos in the Eketahuna cottage garden

Dad, me and Mum

Jenni, me and Mum

Mum and Jenni

Jenni and me


What a beautiful day!

He rangi ātaahua tēnei!

 #eke #eketahuna #ekecountrycottage #morena #tewikiotereomāori #aotearoa #family #garden


The Children of Ash and Elm (Neil Price 2020)

Every now and then a history book comes along that helps you think about the past in entirely new ways.

This new history of the Vikings by Uppsala University archaeologist Neil Price does just that. 📚

See: Kirkus Reviews

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Regency style in a warehouse loft setting

An eclectic but aligned mixture of styles sometimes just works...

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