To Ulrika’s Swiss expatriate irritation, after five people have come all the way to Turoa with her, nobody else is particularly motivated to ski. They want to snowboard, drink, and send photos to their friends. Snow here is a toy, not a way of life. The only person willing to ski is, unexpectedly, Winona. “We […]
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What Snow Is, and Will’s New Passion
July 26th, 2010 2 Comments
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Rusticated II, or, Bacon Futures
July 7th, 2010 4 Comments
The season of guests visiting Wellington has only just begun. Across town, Winona and Will are similarly gobsmacked by their own out-of-town visitor. Owen was at university with Will. He is currently in Winona and Will’s living room, in a striped shirt and braces, his bowler hat placed carefully on a table. Twelve years after […]
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Rusticated
July 5th, 2010 Comments Off on Rusticated
Having a large house near downtown Wellington, silver-haired Wilhelmina and Wilson, in their golden years, are eager hosts. Unfortunately, their current guests are testing their hospitable good nature. Once upon a time, when they lived in the same city, they had been close friends with these guests. Eventually, the friends said adieu to their kids, […]
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Auckland Mysteries
July 2nd, 2010 Comments Off on Auckland Mysteries
Willow is in Auckland for work, just for a few days. Why are men in Auckland fawning all over her? Her Auckland friends complain just as much as she does about no good men, dismal dating, etc. Maybe it’s the recent influx of South American immigrants that she’s heard about? Not having a mirror in […]
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