8.30am on a drizzly Monday morning in downtown Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland for the breakfast launch of Auckland Theatre Company’s 2026 season might sound like quite a big ask but ‘something’ told me there was ‘something’ pretty good in the offing so, armed with our new pink umbrella and more than a tad (good 1970’s theatre […]
Tag: health
Self-harm or Self-care?
As I have already indicated, I’m not very good at self-care, but over the years I have proved to be exceedingly good at self-harm, whether emotional, psychological, spiritual, or physical. It might sound a tad silly, but one of the challenges when it comes to my engaging in productive self-care is that I’ve never been […]
Self-harm or Self-care?
TRIGGER WARNING: suicide and self-harm As I have already indicated in earlier posts, I’m not very good at self-care, but over the years I have proved to be exceedingly good at self-harm, whether emotional, psychological, spiritual, or physical. It might sound a tad silly, but one of the challenges when it comes to my engaging […]
‘Speed is Emotional’ – a theatre review
I enjoyed and appreciated Jo Randerson’s Speed is Emotional and you will too. It’s unique, and you really should see it. The season plays through until 03 May in the Q Theatre Loft, so you’ve no excuse. Book now. My ancient Mum used to say I was a creature of habit. This was seventy plus years ago […]
Surgery
In 2024, I had my standard bout of surgery, in this case, a new left hip. I already have an artificial right hip, a metal left knee, and a ‘piano wire’ joined Achilles tendon. This new surgery was scheduled for six months ago but, being sick of taking pills, I’d made the unilateral decision to […]
Medical Scans or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Health System’
I’ve spoken briefly about my health and the health system, but I haven’t spoken about being made redundant by AUT. Redundancy is always a shitty process, but AUT still managed to make it about as bad as it could possibly have been. Not just for me but for all of those made redundant at the […]
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