Don’t be allamaed (and all the other puns)

I am, no question, living the fantasy life for a middle-aged middle-class New Zealander. I have now swapped my adorable … More

An Improv Festival

In a strange old year, the Wellington improv community was ridiculously lucky to have an international improv festival (albeit one … More

I’m part of a team of improv friends who regularly take part in an annual New Zealand 48hr film competition. … More

For January/February I signed up to a most excellent six week course in MC skills, run by the most excellent … More

Grave of Bridget (d 1891) and Cornelius (d 1904) Counahan, Mount Street Cemetery in Wellington. I’m fascinated that for even … More

Photographing and improvising at the annual NZ Improv festival, NZIF 2019

The IR chrome filter seeks to recreate the effect of the olden-times kodachrome film, spares the blue and turns foliage … More

I’m not much for conferring, but practical workshops . . . yes please. This year the Photographic Society of New … More

We are enjoying a ridiculous one month whirlwind tour of Italy, savoring the mid-winter no-tourist vibe. Weather-wise it mostly like … More

As corny and as scenic and nearly as crowded as I had feared and hoped and feared. I can’t imagine … More