July 21, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I learned something important this week: My hiking boots will not do for the long haul. Friday morning I set out under optimistic blue skies on a 22 km hike […]
July 12, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
What do we do when we have no place to go? Three weeks into our housesit in Paraparaumu we’re beginning to discover a few of the local delights: Like the […]
July 8, 2013 in New Zealand, Travelogue
Today is my baby’s eleventh birthday. Although, in truth, I don’t know if Ezra was ever a baby. Even though he’s the baby he’s one of those kids that came out […]
July 3, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We got a text this morning, from the country of New Zealand, reminding us that our visas expire August 18th and that we should either get out, or renew them. […]
June 23, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I love to travel so much that sometimes I forget how much I love to be “home.” I love to wake slowly in a bed that doesn’t come with a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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