May 7, 2013 in blog, New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The crackle of the wood stove is the only sound. The boys are sprawled out on the carpets, reading. They’ve almost recovered from the beating I gave them at Scrabble. […]
April 7, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I didn’t climb all the way to the summit of Purple Peak. I climbed to the saddle, hopped the fence and started up, plodding along behind the boys who charged […]
March 31, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
This time last year we were hunting eggs on the beach on Cape Cod, celebrating with Grammy and Gramps, packing for the big push to Asia… and, oh yes, I […]
March 4, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The day Ezra was born, Tony looked up from his cherubic little face and sighed, “I got the short end of the public bathroom stick.” Three to one, he definitely […]
February 23, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I wondered, as we rumbled along the sand and pebble coast of Cape Kidnappers, if it was a day very much like this when Captain Cook first saw the coast […]
February 7, 2013 in Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, Travelogue
Let me open by saying, “It was all my fault.” All of it. Even the parts that were not my fault and out of my control. Those were my fault […]
January 27, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Snorkeling, Travelogue
I know I said it in Borneo, but I have to say it again, because it just keeps getting better: This is the best reef we’ve ever snorkeled! We took […]
January 24, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
It was a combination of the tears on their faces and the high, warbling wail that ran chills down my back. It’s a bit odd, from our cultural standpoint, to […]
January 19, 2013 in Asia, Indonesia, Travelogue
In my children’s memories, Asia is going to taste like Pringles. It’s the only brand of chip that can be depended upon to come in sensible western flavours like, sour […]
January 7, 2013 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue
WE ARE SO LUCKY! Ezra says that we’re always lucky, and I think he might be right. When we were at the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary yesterday we got […]
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