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  • Thursday, 8 May 2008

    • I'm your man

      Dear neglected weblog. What on earth shall I do with thee?

      Today I walked with a couple of friends on the hills behind Sumner. It was dark,but I had my new headlamp. I ordered a couple of curries from Little India, and the man gave me free poppadoms because it was a slow night. Returning, I spotted a seal on the edge of the road. The two people standing nearby were DOC staff, and they commented to me that they didn't know much about seals. Me neither. It was a young one at the edge of the road next to Peacock's Gallop, and it looked bony but alert enough. I ventured that diagnosis. The DOC staff said there had been a few calls — the police had been called...wildlife in Christchurch? Clearly some kind of emergency.

      I came home and started watching Leonard Cohen: I'm your man — Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Antony, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, all singing Leonard Cohen songs: I could barely contain myself. Beth was stunning. Rufus.

      I moved into a new office today. A tiny speck of change amidst a torrent. Castle Hill looks in the window upon me, alone.

      "The killers in high places say their prayers out loud" [applause].

      Regards.

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