It’s good to be back on the West Coast. This might just be my favourite part of the world. I woke at dawn to thunder crashing down from the glacier, and now I’m in a warm dry cafe drinking good coffee and about to drive north to Rapahoe, a special place for me and which I know Daniel loved. Feeling grateful for all I have.
Holidaying and celebrating a big birthday with family in a luxury lake apartment rn. Life is good. ☀️
I spent a few hours with a friend walking around Christchurch. We checked out the city gardens and the food and retail precincts. New buildings and businesses are everywhere. The arts centre was a highlight, the stone heritage buildings have been strengthened and restored to their former glory. After eight years away I am surprised how heartwarming it is to be back in my second city and to see how well the rebuild is going. The place is thriving.
Epictetus:
The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control.
Katrina Cosgrove.
South Island I am in you.
Léon Spilliaert.
Richard Osman:
Learn to count the good days. Tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you.
Nina Valley, 2015.
North Canterbury, 2014-2016.
I finished my first rewatch of the reimagined television sci-fi Battlestar Galactica. I enjoyed it, despite seasons three and four getting increasingly weird and the wrap up feeling sloppy and rushed. Seasons one and two are great though, and if you don’t mind darker endings the end of season two is a good place to conclude the story. And did I mention how good the soundtrack is? 📺
Eihei Dogen:
If this one day in the lifetime of a hundred years is lost, will you ever get your hands on it again?