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In the Land of Sheep and Uruk-Hai

Posted on February 20, 2006July 27, 2006 by Eric, your haikuist

The kiwis are funny and friendly, the weather is beautiful, and orc attacks are, at worst, infrequent.I’m in the little city of Dunedin right now, which is a mixture of modern and Victorian architecture built on a series of hills leads to a cliff-edged peninsula of rolling sheep pastures and little towns that look like they’ve barely changed in sixty years or longer…. We visited a Victorian castle (Larnach Castle) and then went on a tour of the breeding grounds of the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguin.

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Farewell, Canberra. Hello, New Zealand.

Posted on February 16, 2006July 27, 2006 by Eric, your haikuist

So long, Canberra, you bird-dominated and oddly silent little town.I went for a jog last night through the city center and saw maybe a dozen people…. The air was humid and smelled nice, and little blue birds fluttered through the park around Lake Burley Griffin.

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Well, I May Finally Have Something Worth Writing About

Posted on January 31, 2006July 27, 2006 by Eric, your haikuist

Goin’ on a tripFar awayI am leeeeeeeeeeaving todayOn myRooo-oooo-ocket shipRock…. Ship.

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Glorious Pics of NZ

Posted on January 28, 2006July 27, 2006 by Eric, your haikuist

Ah, Flickr, you never let me down.

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