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Omigod, look at what Doug just made for Harper!

Sooo cute!!!

Just had an intense and meandering conversation with Doug that started with the US gun laws (due to the recent Supreme Court decision) and ranged to changes in styles of female violence due to feminism, rights cultures versus duty cultures, building respect in relationships, and the fact that gun-related deaths in the US have only just overtaken motor vehicle deaths per annum, which led to discussions of peak oil and finally somewhere in there to the idea that we need to teach the next generation both how to have respectful relationships all the while teaching them about self-respect so that they can talk down the previous generation so they don’t get beaten to a pulp by someone running around bashing random strangers with bricks.

I treasure having conversations like this.

Which reminds me: I’d just like to flag the idea of an American-themed 2008 US Election Night Party at our place. For us, that means Wednesday November 5. Polls will probably close around lunchtime our time, but there’ll still be lots of interesting stuff going on at 5pm our time, methinks. And it’s the day before Doug’s birthday, so it’ll be a combined thing. Waaay ahead of time organising.

Two years ago,

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  arrived on my doorstep with his suitcase.

At the time I wrote this:

Sunday was an extra special day for me. It’s been a long time since I’ve had this kind of intense physical and spiritual connection with someone, brief as it was.

journey2master

  was here from mid-afternoon until he flew back to San Francisco this morning…

We walked down to the stone spiral and walked it, separately, for Samhain, then walked up to Westgarth and to Denn for dinner. Back home and it was one of those nights, discussions and intimacy ranging across crazy landscapes. It ended at about 5 this morning in my fabulous huge bath tub drinking scotch and eating organic orange chocolate…

What a perfect way to start the year. What a perfect way to warm my new home, first the housewarming and then this uisge beatha of a man ending the drought (and it’s been a long time between drinks). I asked the universe to let love into my home and my heart and it brings me this!

There was more, but that’s private. I honestly thought it was going to be a lovely one-nighter and nothing more. I even titled the post “Ships in the Night”. Anyway, happy anniversary, my darling. Thank you for knocking on my door. Thank you even more for ringing me when you got home and inviting me over to your place too. I love you.

Just in case my sudden silence hadn’t made it obvious, Doug is home from New Zealand with a provisional resident visa firmly lodged in his passport. He brought back a cold from the plane and then gave it to me (bad Doug!) but we’re getting better now. He’s much calmer and we’ve been snuggled up doing couple things for most of the long weekend. It’s been divine.

Thank you to Tracey & Craig for looking after him! And especially for returning him safe and sound. Well, as sound as he was, anyway… *smirk*

Doug visited the Australian embassy in Auckland today and they placed a peach-coloured sticker in his passport which will be “activated” as a visa when he re-enters the country next Tuesday. Yay!

Now that he’s got all the official stuff out of the way, he’s off to the Great Barrier Island for five days, starting very early tomorrow. I am ridiculously envious. It looks stunning! I am sure there will be photos…

Whoever thought I’d be writing a subject-line like that, huh?

Still, Doug just got his confirmation letter granting him a Spouse Visa (Provisional) and saying they’re transferring the file from Washington to Auckland which usually takes three working days. He has to go get the actual visa placed in his passport, and then he can come home (flight is already booked for March 18th) and apply for work, sell photos etc and get a Medicare Card! More importantly, it ends the up-in-the-air feeling which was beginning to give him sleepless nights. Let’s hope this means things really settle down now.

Whoo hoo! And other noises.