24th November PJ I met Chakumai via an introduction by a mutual friend back in 2020. The friend had noticed Chakumai and I had a shared interest in canoe carving. I don’t know how to carve a canoe and was wanting to learn, while Chakumai comes from a long line of canoe builders and is…

23 November Jacinta I’m writing early in the morning from the deck of a guesthouse, watching the town wake up in drizzling rain. A huge thunderstorm rolled in last night and it rained all night. I’m sitting close by because I have the only key and I’ve locked sleeping PJ in the room. I guess…

New camera, new chapter, daggy photo This morning I declared I wished I was a street photographer and PJ said you have a camera, this is a street, let’s go.. Three gorgeous boys were behind us on the pier, watching the water, with oceans and mountains behind them. It was peak Australiana. PJ whipped out…