Monthly Archives: November 2011

Originality

Posted on November 27, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

So I hear New Zealand had a general election the other day, which I did not cajole my American friends into staying up until 4am watching the results of and am not deeply depressed over. (On the other hand: Mike’s … Continue reading →

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In The Dark

Posted on November 21, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

The only thing we can really be grateful for about the Great Halloween Power Outage is that it didn’t happen a week later, after the end of daylight savings. Because then we really would have been in trouble. You see, … Continue reading →

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Talking Turkey

Posted on November 13, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Last weekend, we went to the supermarket. There was a sale on turkeys. This is not particularly surprising, it being three weeks before Thanksgiving (our Thanksgiving plans do not include turkey, because the person probably doing the cooking laughed very … Continue reading →

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Recovery

Posted on November 7, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

We got power back last Tuesday evening, just as I was eating a cold dinner by candlelight (the combination of the noises I made when the power returned and the sudden appearance of light everywhere sent the cat under the … Continue reading →

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Powerless

Posted on November 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Last winter was a record-setter for the northeastern United States – winter snowfall records were broken just about everywhere – so when the forecast indicated we’d be getting six to ten inches of snow on Saturday evening, even though it … Continue reading →

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