Currently reading: El Cid by Nora Berend 📚

A very entertaining and informative review of the life and afterlife of Ruy Díaz (El Cid).

Morning walk, Te Whanganui a Tara.

Lazy afternoons.

Summer is coming…

The secret garden, Hōkio Beach.

#garden #secret #aotearoa

Since I’ve deleted my Amazon account entirely, I’ve been looking for a good source of audio books.

Just discovered Libro.fm - where you can buy audio books and support a local bookstore!

You can buy individual eBooks, and/or sign up for a monthly membership; each purchase supports a local bookshop you select.

Here’s a link to Libro.fm.

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Morning walk, Pōneke.

Super delicious post movie dinner Supra restaurant.

Wonderful celebration of mum and Dad’s (Jan and Terry Baker) 60th wedding anniversary with family!

Back where it started 27 years ago, on our first date at the Embassy cinema. “LA Confidential” then, “Gladiator II” this time.

27 years and ½ my life with this one today!

Couldn’t imagine anything better 🥰

Morning walk, Pōneke.

#walk #wellington #aotearoa

Finished reading: In Youth Is Pleasure by Denton Welch 📚

Languid, lyrical, intoxicating. In youth, pleasure.

#book #queer

Seems vaguely relevant.

#book #fallofcivilisation

Storm clouds gather.

Currently reading: Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 📚

Chapter / Day 13 - “Three Hours” - On finding focus in the chaos.

Basically, many of the most productive people in the world focused their attention and energy on a three hour (ish) period of the day …

Love this :)

Evening walk, Pōneke.

Book of the Day - “The Future is History” (Masha Gessen, 2017)

Subtitled “How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia”. A warning we need to heed.

#books #history #booksky #totalitarianism

Currently reading: The Future is History by Masha Gessen 📚

Prescient book from 2017 - a lot of the reviews at the time criticised Gessen for calling Putin’s regime “totalitarian”.

Very proud of my octogenarian parents taking part in te hikoi mō Te Tiriti today!

A historic event.

Te Aro park, Pōneke.

Glorious day in Pōneke the day before the hikoi mō Te Tiriti hits town.

It’s going to be a fascinating day tomorrow.

Posting on Bluesky

I’ve set up an account on bsky.app

I love micro.blog - but it’s small and paid. 

I love that I can use my own domain (jeremybaker.nz) as my handle!

And lots of other cool stuff about Bluesky:

The Verge - some cool stuffy you can do with Bluesky

Finished reading: Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews 📚

Dark, queer, twisted.

Finished reading: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 📚

Darkly funny and sardonic. Listless tale of avoidance. Not sure about the end, but many memorable vignettes.