House Sitting: Day One
June 21, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We’re celebrating the summer solstice with a winter storm. Rain and cold wind are buffeting the coast, north of Wellington and it is a good day to be sitting in […]
In Which We Dine With A Knight
June 18, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
It was with more than a small degree of trepidation that we opened the big glass door and stepped, once more, into the welcome gallery of Rannoch. There is something […]
A Night With A Knight: In which we meet Sir James Wallace
June 15, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I watched his virtuoso fingers, reflected in the deep midnight gloss of the Shigeru Kawai grand piano tucked into the corner of the drawing room at the base of the […]
Ten Things I Learned From My Dad
June 14, 2013 in Education, Inspiration, Travelogue
My Dad is a teacher. He hasn’t taught in a classroom since I was a tiny child, and it’s not that kind of teaching that I mean anyway. He’s a […]
Happy Father’s Day: Top 10 List of Daddy-ness
June 12, 2013 in Inspiration, New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
No one thinks, when they have that first baby, about the marathon they are embarking on. If they DO think about it, it’s inevitably with rose coloured glasses on and […]
Haere Mai: Maori Culture in New Zealand
June 11, 2013 in Inspiration
Image credit It is well known that New Zealand is an amazing tourist destination, given its outstanding natural beauty and plenitude of sporting and cultural attractions. What may not be […]
Hot Water Beach, NZ: in which we shower with a howling viking
June 11, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
After several days of sharing a cold and being stuck in our little camper in torrential downpours, it was good for the soul to emerge under a blue sky and […]
Ten Things I’m Learning From Life & Travel
June 8, 2013 in Inspiration, New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
It is raining this morning, and I am sick. It’s one of those mornings where I long for a bathtub and a big fluffy bed and endless documentary television to […]
Of Burns, Boys and Bleh
June 5, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
It has been a week of mishaps. It started on the eve of our anniversary, when I scalded my arm. It was dumb, really. We were parked at an angle […]
Crossing the Cook Strait: Notes from the end of the world
May 31, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania
I have no fingernails left. They’ve worn off along with the outer layer of the spoon I’ve been sanding. I’m carving it from a little piece of driftwood that I […]
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