It’s Winona’s turn to be in a cafe, tapping an iPhone. She has taken a morning off from flat hunting to catch up with an old friend. It wasn’t entirely successful, chiefly due to the old friend’s two-year-old. She is waiting to hear from Will about a second interview he’s been on when someone behind […]
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Moore Wilson’s
March 24th, 2010 2 Comments
After letting Will sleep in while she looked at an exceptionally disappointing downtown flat, Winona decides to take a peek into Moore Wilson’s. She has heard that this wholesale distributor – cum- gourmet retailer has renovated their central store. Fifteen minutes later, she is in mild shock. The former dark, cramped grocery, with its snaking […]
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Wellington Hair
March 22nd, 2010 Comments Off on Wellington Hair
Winona sits in the chair at her mother’s salon. This is not half as cozy as it sounds. Wilhelmina may be 67, but she is a fashionable Wellington woman, and her salon is one of the city’s many ateliers of avant-garde hair. Winona wonders how much its pressed raw concrete walls and deliberately industrial sinks […]
Flat Hunting In Wellington
March 17th, 2010 Comments Off on Flat Hunting In Wellington
Flat hunting in Wellington. The sheer hell of it. Several days after their arrival, Will cases the To Rent ads on TradeMe while Winona rustles the paper (thrust upon her by her mother.) Pretty soon Will’s cellphone rings. It is a former colleague of his. What’s he been up to? Has he got a CV? […]
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Who Is Will?
March 10th, 2010 Comments Off on Who Is Will?
That night, Winona lies next to Will, under the red and burgundy quilt. He’s asleep as if jet lag didn’t exist. Winona is not so lucky. She lies there, staring at his shoulders while he sleeps on his side. Everything that’s wrong and right about Kiwi men is wrapped up in Will’s history. He’s a […]
The Lay of the Land
March 3rd, 2010 Comments Off on The Lay of the Land
Winona trembles with recognition as they are driven away from the airport. (Her father’s news, that the construction under way at the airport is to construct new terminals shaped like gigantic copper rocks, was so surreal that her jet-lagged mind has gently suppressed it.) It’s all so small after London, so clean yet shabby after […]
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The Great Leap Backwards
March 1st, 2010 Comments Off on The Great Leap Backwards
They’re at the end of a 24-hour plane flight, at the stage where to have to stay seated five minutes longer in their economy seats is to explode. They are experienced travelers by now – that’s what a three-year OE is supposed to be for. They know their shared travel time is best spent in […]
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