Catherine

I got married at Ngā Hau E Whā o Paparārangi. I'm glad you're looking at giving the land back!

My parents have the book.

I have Somali students. They are generous, kind, warm, determined, and ready to laugh at my jokes. I'm glad people are looking out for their brethren over there.

I've never even been called up. Husband was and got selected, a week-long trial, that indeed sounded unpleasant.

Yes! All I've ever seen online was that he was a 'financier'. I have wondered where the finances came from - that sort of stuff normally gets mentioned.

Bryony Kate. With Brian as my father and Bridget (called Bridie) as my sister, they thought that was too confusing. Got it as my middle name.

I'm in NZ, and they all migrated in the 1860s or thereabouts, so I suspect they were running from the English Cotton Famine, the aftermath of the Highland Clearances, and the aftermath of the Irish Potato Famine.

My husband showed it to me a few years ago. I nearly sprained my eyes from rolling them so hard. The romance plotline definitely did NOT age well.

Dangit. I used to enjoy her columns in the Guardian. Turns out she left because she's a TERF. *sigh*
One less thing to read is good?

Do you have a different one? Here in NZ I always sang "eyes and ears and mouth and nose".

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We didn't put our teeth under the pillow - they went into a cup beside the bed.
Unless they got lost. 1 of my teeth is under a new house extension (I dropped it showing the builder) & another in the playground at school. We joked about the Foundation Fairy and Playground Fairy getting those teeth.

Barbara Kingsolver is amazing. Read everything she writes!

He is awesome. I am working on killing my lawn, which means you can definitely tell which house on the street is mine, lol.

Where is your safe FB account? I can only see the United News BS that hacked your account. I've reported them any number of times.

Borderlands (1, 2, 3) and Witcher 3.

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Well, look at that. I'm actually up-to-date with Doctor Who for once in my life (closest I'd previously been was a month or two late).

I'm getting them in a couple of weeks. I don't usually feel too bad, but the sore arms are real!

Finally got the book through my library and finished it this morning. Thanks for talking about it on the podcast!

Not yet in NZ. We change in a week, I think. I'm looking forward to more light in the morning for a few more weeks (until winter truly sets in, it's very much a warm autumn at the moment).

I had a black-headed jumping spider friend hang out with me for a little while I dismantled the corner of the garden bed he'd clearly been living in. Normally these things scuttle away quickly, but this guy sat and pondered things long enough for a decent photo and app identification to take place.

There are many many people here in Aotearoa/NZ who are against our current government's regressive policies. There was a MASSIVE protest hikoi (march) a few months ago against a move to change the way Te Tiriti o Waitangi is interpreted in the courts. This government is really unpopular right now.

I'm hearing that to the tune of 'bad liver and a broken heart'..

That, Space Cats, and Thunder Cats.

I definitely watched Jem and the Misfits. I have distinct memories of playing 'Jem' with my best friend at primary school, mostly consisting of 'making make-up' i.e. rubbing pieces of bark from the playground together to make a groove.

My wait time for the library hold I have is on 10 weeks. I feel like its been that for at least 4 weeks...clearly my library needs to buy more copies!

It was cassette, but I have it on CD now. I have their first 2 albums. I had the third bit found it a bit weird.

Either The Cranberries 'No Need To Argue' or 'God Shuffled His Feet' by Crash Test Dummies, I don't remember.

Done.