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April 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 224 – Cigna Saints, Wellington, 2019

I had a really great chat with a Facebook friend the other day. We had never met. But he recognised me and got chatting about things I’d written and from there we had a huge conversation about the arts and culture and content and contributing and how being an audience member, a consumer, is part of the process – part of the conversation. But that conversation that we had started with him saying, “Hey Simon, I didn’t know you had a dog!” And his reason for saying that was that he saw me out walking my dog. He rightly pointed out that I had never really written about being a dog-owner. (Well, I did write this poem! But I know no one comes here for the poems!) 
 
Anyway, this made me think about how last week I posted that I was off to the basketball and a Facebook friend said something along the lines of “didn’t pick you for a Saints fan” or a basketball fan – or some such.  
 
And so now I’m thinking that maybe the problem there is – also – that I didn’t write about it. 
 
I love basketball. Was big into it at school. Was a fan of the Detroit Pistons in the Isiah years.  
 
And I’m just newly enthused, admittedly, in attending the live local games. But really into it. The first one for the 2019 season was pretty good. The Saints crushed the Bay Hawkes. And that felt good! 
Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down.  

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