This (courtesy of expert creative curator, Austin Kleon) is guiding my work now. open.substack.com/pub/alexhall...

Vehicles can drive through Moreton ford but Jack Russells have to swim.

alexhallatt.substack.com/p/cartooning... If we let AI take over all our mundane tasks, we may lose more than our data.

We love days like this on Portland. #Dorset #TopHill #Summer

Or dog. They know how to live life.

It’s easy for a Jack Russell to be out of her depth in the River Piddle.

I’m back in England, housesitting and I can’t find where anything is. I’m drinking an IPA from a mug and I confess I like it. Why do we use glasses for beer anyway?

Molly and I accidentally made the national paper, the New Zealand Herald. Because it has been raining a lot here and our poor neighbours who have just built a new house had a slip. It is between our house and the tennis court where Molly likes to chase the ball.

It’s gonna be nice in Lyttelton too after a crazy windy and wet night. Have a lovely day!

A reader sent me this article: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo... Our road cone madness has made it to @wsj.com

It is practical to have an electric car in New Zealand. I drove a 2019 Nissan Leaf from Lyttelton to Gentle Annie‘s on the West Coast and back. It cost $90 in charging (much cheaper than the petrol equivalent) and I was never close to having range anxiety. Last year I drove to the Catlins and back.

I’m getting into an argument with Amazon about an update to my book, Their review team has been taken over by robots. They are taking issue with an illustration that is covering text that could cause “manufacturing issues“. Fair enough. Except it’s an ILLUSTRATION.

I love Christchurch's central library, Tūranga. And its librarians.