October 26, 2013 in Inspiration
The Barossa Valley in late spring is a little slice of heaven. Fields of winter wheat ripening towards gold. Acre up on acre of vineyard unfurling new leaves and stretching […]
October 26, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
sunburnt earth. mirage. nuanced landscape, subtle change, ubiquitous flies (We have kind of a thing for haiku… I wrote this one between Richmond and Hughendon on the long flat. There’s […]
October 25, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We did not expect to find Alice Springs surrounded by hills. For a thousand kilometers in every direction the Red Center of Australia stretches in a rarely interrupted, pancake flat […]
October 23, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Last post I tried words… but really, pictures are better:
October 20, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
We meet the most fabulous people as we travel (Have I said that before?!) Hannah took a little tumble in Coober Pedy, if you remember. We were lucky enough to […]
October 15, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Coober Pedy reminds us a bit of Matmata, Tunisia. The underground homes carved deep into the arid, barren landscape are similar; the only thing missing are the berber ladies grilling […]
October 12, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Sometimes people ask us about the social aspects of longterm travel. What do we do about our kids’ need to socialize? How to we create community on the road? What […]
July 26, 2013 in Inspiration, New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We’re closing in on the end of our sixth month in New Zealand. I have to say, it’s been one of the pleasantest places we’ve had the privilege to travel. […]
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 […]
April 7, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
If you were to send your five year old out into the front yard armed with three jumbo bags of cotton balls and the instruction to distribute them evenly across […]
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