diff --git a/feed.xml b/feed.xml index d72b489..570036a 100644 --- a/feed.xml +++ b/feed.xml @@ -3,12 +3,42 @@ AdrianParker.com Writing by Adrian Parker, on topics like product management, finance, software, investment, and travel; adorned with whimsical anecdotes about life. - 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z + 2024-02-17T00:00:00Z https://www.adrianparker.com/ Adrian Parker adrian@iceknife.com + + My Favourite Part of My Last Vacation + + 2024-02-17T00:00:00Z + https://www.adrianparker.com/posts/Favourite-Part-Of-Last-Vaction/ + <h2>What was your favorite part of your last vacation?</h2> +<p>My favourite part of my last vacation <sup class="footnote-ref"><a href="https://www.adrianparker.com/posts/Favourite-Part-Of-Last-Vaction/#fn1" id="fnref1">[1]</a></sup> was going on a diving trip to the Mercury Islands, off the coast of Whitianga.</p> +<p>Not just because they were two great dives - best I've had in New Zealand by far, with masses of demoiselle<sup class="footnote-ref"><a href="https://www.adrianparker.com/posts/Favourite-Part-Of-Last-Vaction/#fn2" id="fnref2">[2]</a></sup>, moray eels, a crayfish, a great buddy, funny and friendly crew, and interesting sites.</p> +<p>The reason this day was my favourite is because I went on a dive trip with people I love.</p> +<p>Sure, the other three snorkelled, while I dived, but that didn't matter at all.</p> +<p>It was seeing them happy, being happy with them, and having us all together, out there on the boat, in the real world, doing this adventurous thing, doing something I love to do, in a far flung spot, with other people who also love those things.</p> +<p>It was the togetherness that made it special, combined with the activity itself.</p> +<p>Getting out on the water is good.</p> +<p>Getting out on the water with my loved ones is fantastic.</p> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<hr class="footnotes-sep" /> +<section class="footnotes"> +<ol class="footnotes-list"> +<li id="fn1" class="footnote-item"><p>This post was my response to Week #4 of <a target="_blank" href="https://randsprompts.substack.com/p/rands-writing-prompts-4-february">Rands Writing Prompts</a> <a href="https://www.adrianparker.com/posts/Favourite-Part-Of-Last-Vaction/#fnref1" class="footnote-backref">↩︎</a></p> +</li> +<li id="fn2" class="footnote-item"><p>First encounter with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_demoiselle" target="_blank">demoiselle</a>. Similar to blue mao mao, but have two prominent white dots. <a href="https://www.adrianparker.com/posts/Favourite-Part-Of-Last-Vaction/#fnref2" class="footnote-backref">↩︎</a></p> +</li> +</ol> +</section> + + How to make a Wine Cork Notice Board diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 1efa455..59fbce9 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -46,19 +46,19 @@
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    My favourite part of my last vacation [1] was going on a diving trip to the Mercury Islands, off the coast of Whitianga.

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