The river mouth was looking pretty good at dawn today.
I cooked Quick Vanilla Rice Pudding while Deb was driving home. Yummm! She’d better hurry up and get here or there won’t be any left. 🤩
In a quest for variety and expanding horizons I’m listening to new-to-me music each day. I go to YouTube and search for ‘traditional music [name of country or ethnic group]’. It gives interesting results and I’ve found a few gems. The Random Country website is helpful.
Our new Matariki national holiday, the country's first public holiday centred on Māori culture, is being celebrated on Friday 24 June this year.
The three themes of [every] Matariki:
- A chance to reflect: remembering those we have lost and acknowledging our own journey over the last year.
- A time to celebrate: reconnecting with whānau, friends and food
- A reset: preparing for the year ahead with a focus on wellbeing and life balance.
My Merrell Siren Traveller 3 Women’s Trail Shoes are my favourites, but only 7 months after purchase the stitching on the seam near the toe is coming adrift. I’ve emailed the company and the store to see what they can do about it. NZ law says such goods must be durable.
I must say, 1Password has always worked brilliantly and easily for me … until the latest version (8). Now it’s an utter pain in the bum and I have to dance around all over the show, manually opening it, searching for passwords, copying them etc (not all sites). What the heck? 😡
Goodnight Moon.
Hooray for web searches. This solved my Quick Look ‘gone wrong’ problem: macOS 12 Monterey Quick Look preview not working? Try this workaround — Force Quit Quick Look in Activity Monitor. Before and After screenshots.
Whew. After 18.75 hours power has been restored. Now charging all the things. 😀 And looking into @jean’s suggestion of a portable power station like this one: YETI 200X Portable Power Station - Goal Zero New Zealand
The power didn’t come back on overnight so that’s 15 hours now and counting. At least the thunderstorms have stopped and the gales have died down. I’ve lit the wood burner to boil water for tea, and because it’s cold.
4 hours ago in mid afternoon we had yet another big thunderstorm. That’s when the power went off. Still in the dark… I sure would like a cup of tea!
I was a bit surprised to find I really enjoyed listening to Tatar Folk Music, especially the track at 14:53 — Kirfiklere.
Tatarstan … traditional music is a mixture of Turkic and Finno-Ugric elements, reportedly bridging Mongolian and Hungarian music.
We get maybe two thunderstorms a year round here. Except for this month where intermittent storms have been rolling through for 5 days and nights now. I’ve never known such thundery weather. It’s 3.30 am and the house is shaking with the wind and thunder. ⛈
Signed up for a month of Disney+ to watch a few things. Finally saw and enjoyed and felt moved by Turning Red. One highlight for me: the amazing and beautiful scene near the start of the movie of Mei’s father preparing dinner.
A couple of weeks ago I discovered, installed, paid for Grocery App:
A smart shopping list, recipe manager, meal planner and inventory tracker for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
It’s brilliant! I share recipes and shopping list with Deb now, and it is smart. Thanks @manton
This is a wonderful story for a Sunday morning — The Sunday Essay: A never-ending pot of curry:
As a child in India, Perzen Patel wished for a bowl of her grandmother’s curry that would never run out and always remind her of home. In New Zealand, that wish came true.
I wanted the ‘exoticism’ of this book set in rural Sri Lanka, but the book itself just didn’t grab me. The Body in the Paddy Field (A Sri Lankan Mystery Book 1):
her friend becomes the prime suspect … the only way to help … is to solve the murder before the police.
About 2 hours after high tide, with an open sea swell of 5 metres, and westerly gales so strong they just about knocked me off my feet while I took this photo: the Waikawa Beach estuary, full. And yes, events like this are eroding the dunes quite rapidly.
Look who was groomed today! Sasha so clean and tidy. 🐶
Rachel McAlpine on growing old:
You know so much! From reading, hearing, viewing, and being there. … But which items swell up to become massively important and which ones dwindle away into the distance?