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Kiwi Nomad

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Manawatu inhabitant- Taranaki born. Family historian. Enjoyer of the outdoors but perfunctory gardener. Retired teacher. Volunteer. Ancienne pèlerine. Badge of honour: "She's a difficult socialist I guess."

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2h

He hasn’t lost his Kiwi accent 😁

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 13h

You win!

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure I’ll do bits and pieces one way or another!

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

My Alison Holst Food Without Fuss that I bought for flatting is just as bad!

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

From my tatty. book.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

I was, but I stopped as it was taking up a bit too much time. I miss it though! I have been part of various choirs and in a few musicals over the years.

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday in the supermarket there was a Moody Blues song that I knew very well. Sang snatches of it. Couldn’t resist.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

It might be in one of my versions. I have one from the late 70s when I started flatting, as well as a more recent less tatty version. 😊

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

I am of the era that learned and sang this as a child/teen. But I have no relatives connected to it!

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

The Edmonds cook books we have in our annual sale seem to all get snapped up quite quickly.

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

That is old! We get some old cookbooks in too. Some have gone to National Library as they are rare items.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what the oldest one was? We have a few older penguins pass through our RC sorting room!

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

But I do. In Fifeshire!

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve lost my Scottish too. Just a journey there from northern England. Seems odd. Also lost my Channel Islands region which is sad. Have a Russian-German tiny bit. France finally covers Switzerland. Need to read about it. Seems a bit bizarre.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, not liking losing Kaydee. Also a very big right-winger who has whinged inexorably about Featherston St is now on there instead of her. Relieved the ACT guy and VFF coordinator aren't there.

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

Inspired after our Publishing Family History presentation and workshops in August, I have written another blog post :-)
kiwinomadancestors.blogspot.com/2025/10/beul...

Beulah Masciorini (1906 -1979)

kiwinomadancestors.blogspot.com

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, we lost a Green councillor (but gained a Labour one). ACT didn't get in, and neither did chief cooker jackie Wheeler. But Hayden Fitzgerald, who is at least cooker-adjacent, was elected. Damn.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 1d

Provisional Council results are in for Palmy. Pleasantly surprised to see we have voted to retain Maori wards. Sad to see a Green member go- but glad the local VFF chair never made it on. One strident right-winger now on board. I hope he is able to collaborate with the others.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

Here is Pikomanu in 1924- from National Library

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

I have had an interesting time following the life of my 2X-grt-uncle Joseph Beneda Scettrini. In 1928 I found him in Pikomanu. Where's that you ask? Turns out it was a settlement for building a railway link on the West Coast. You can go on a short walk from Kawatiri now through a tunnel they built.

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

You get all the luck. 🤪

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

So when it’s 16C at 4am, it seemed like a good time to switch over to the summer weight duvet. 😵‍💫

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

I thought so!

Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

People with severe arthritis have often ended up in such places as there was nowhere else that could cater for them.

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Kiwi Nomad @kiwinomad06.bsky.social · 2d

This was in a book today.

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