The loveliest of tales

This starts with a giant thanks to my paid subscribers. I've dropped down to a four-day work week so I can manage my long COVID and still be able to write. Ngā mihi for your support, e hoa mā.

In my usual way, I’m going to take a little while to get to the point. I’ve always liked gently-woven stories the best.

I am a writer, but I don’t always feel like one. Otago University is at least partly to blame for that feeling. I studied English in the 1990s, mostly because my mates did. I’d write good essays sometimes, and lacklustre ones other tim…