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A new book series ... and a new car project.
It's called a "project" as some of it was in boxes when it arrived.

kimhuntauthor
Jun 183 min read


She's back! Cal Nyx 3 - LAUNCH DATE 1st Dec 2024
They thought they'd gotten away with it. Until now.

kimhuntauthor
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Yes I survived the snowstorm and roadie and yes, the ARC's are coming sooooon.
I've been back from my South Island roadie for a few weeks now and I've yet to download my pics from the trip which means the missus...

kimhuntauthor
Oct 9, 20242 min read


A South Island Roadie, ARC freebies coming soon and more
Looks like a South Island road-trip is coming up, Yii Haa. So excited to not only visit a very old friend way down yonder, but keen to...

kimhuntauthor
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Why so long???? Collective grief and Otheringness.
I've never publicly talked about this, but it's significant.

kimhuntauthor
Jul 22, 20244 min read


Matariki mid-winter blues-blasting projects.
I'm a strange bugger and an impatient sod. For someone who rails at impediments and hold-ups in many areas of my life ...

kimhuntauthor
Jul 1, 20242 min read


Gouge it with a bent nail across your front fender...
Type it into your diary, scratch it onto the back of your hand, gouge it with a bent nail across your front fender: 'Villainous Newtown'...

kimhuntauthor
Mar 17, 20241 min read


Hey, kick-start the Writing Year with an Award
Got some rather exciting news to feed into the new writing year. I was named a runner up in the Sisters in Crime US 2023 Pride Award for...

kimhuntauthor
Jan 23, 20243 min read


A Bloody Legend...
When I got several messages that Renee had died, I was camped by the ocean. I’d had my phone off for days. It had been a wild old night....

kimhuntauthor
Dec 15, 20234 min read


I'll be on the protest line, crutches or no...
Trigger warning: Semi-rant follows. So, funny thing. Not. In the lead-up to the recent election, when the now-in-power righty-tighty...

kimhuntauthor
Nov 30, 20234 min read


So, Winter happened … and now it’s Spring.
It rained. And rained. And it kept on raining. And it was bitter cold. Despite this, I finished most of the Capri fit-out and externals;...

kimhuntauthor
Sep 11, 20232 min read


Project du jour
So, this old girl needs to go. She's nearly 50 years old and needs a spruce-up top to bottom and inside-out. A mighty big order. This is...

kimhuntauthor
Apr 20, 20232 min read


The Double-Banger: Fake Fur and Fairy Lights
The missus has an upcoming exhibition up North and I want to be there to support her, plus a roadie is long overdue. However, my little...

kimhuntauthor
Jan 5, 20233 min read


Oh-oh, she planted her snips
The missus came in yesterday looking disturbed. In her hand, one of her prized "lady tools", the Kent and Stowe pruning snips, jaws...

kimhuntauthor
Nov 13, 20221 min read


Surprise Topper for the Mini-Truck
On a recent trip, parked up by the sea, I got talking with a friendly fellow who had noticed my camper and pick-up in the past. He was...

kimhuntauthor
Oct 27, 20225 min read


Between Deluges
I've never had a proper workshop, a dry organised place to keep tools where there's clean bench-space to work on projects. Having lived...

kimhuntauthor
Sep 19, 20222 min read


“You’re not putting anything ruched in my chook-shed”
After putting a cob plaster coating on the lower earthbag walls, I lined the ceiling with the same hessian I’d used in my stealth camper....

kimhuntauthor
Jun 6, 20222 min read


Start the day with Cob
We’re making a few changes around the garden and sheds for my new workshop space and I’m turning an old hut into the new chook house,...

kimhuntauthor
May 1, 20222 min read


Tweakin' the Lil Monster *
After several trips with the little beast, I figured it could ride better. The inside is cozy and dry and everything works well as a...

kimhuntauthor
Feb 6, 20222 min read


Six Little Creatures
We’d just dropped a 17m high holly tree at a friend’s property. The massive trunk split in two when it thumped into the ground and...

kimhuntauthor
Jan 23, 20222 min read
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