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"Glacial" in the sense of very slow and (for here) very cold. My darling wife continues to treat her 'trout fever' without reported success and will be away for a couple more days, and my interest in sea fishing, diving, and that stuff has encouraged me to jump into a legal scrap with our Minister of Fisheries. I am happy that here in NZ, taking a public stand against Govt wrongheadedness is not personally dangerous, but the fight has taken a lot of time lately. Ch 28 (Jax 'n Wax) soon.

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My darling wife is suffering badly from 'Trout Fever'and is away seeking treatment. No trout have so far been harmed! I am still 'busy as' in consequence, and though I have managed to complete and post Ch27, I haven't even started the next one.
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Even though we are four weeks past the shortest day here in Godzone Country (tongue in cheek just a little), winter proper has just arrived. For many readers, waking to 5 degrees C is nothing, but for me it's bloody cold and time to set and light a fire. Which implies facing the woodshed and an urgent need for some stacking and organising. My back and hips and knees aren't coping too well, so Osteopath blah blah blah, and a trip to town basically writes off the day. And the toilet in the ensuite has shat itself (imagine that!) and the plumber has had some health problems and is only working part time blah de blah.
So - Ch 26 (which is 'delicate' anyway), will be a few days late.
Some comments (even critical ones) woud encourage me.

We've had an amazing summer weatherwise down here in Godzone Country, but a bout of manflu (felt worse than COVID) and a major project repairing a retaining wall called a halt to fishing and diving.
Q. - What is a Clydesdale?
A. - A pony designed by an engineer!
Anyhoo - Ch 11 is now finished and will go in the queue in a day or so. I'll try to complete the story and post on a regular schedule again, but no promises.

Summer madness here in Aotearoa continues, and since I am 79, I am making the most of the summer weather and visits from friends and rellies. I am still SCUBA diving, but with the awareness that each summer might be the last for that particular activity. Anyhoo, the next chapter of my adventures with Pauline is part finished and I will get back to it as soon as the weather craps out or the string of friends and rellies visiting dwindles. When you live at the beach, you get lotsa summer visitors.