Kathy

February 17, 2007

Destination: Kiwiburn, A Taste of Utopia

We had the pleasure of meeting and friending a young man at Kiwiburn named Brady. I had actually seen him around at the Convergence Festival in January, but never had the opportunity to meet him. He’s an amazing young man, wise and quite poetic. He scribbled a poem about his […]
February 17, 2007

Destination: Kiwiburn, Whakamaru Domain, North Island, NZ, Feb 6 – 12, 2007

Post Mortem: We are in Taupo now, several days after the Kiwiburn event, catching up on much needed sleep, talking about and revisiting our experiences at Kiwiburn, having our own little decompression. We were five yesterday: HiDive, Ingrid, Brady, Bruce & myself, hanging out in Taupo, soaking in the spa, […]
January 27, 2007

I’m Homeschooling Myself: Vol 3; Dec 11 – Jan 26, 2007

“I’m homeschooling myself” is my new clever catch-phrase I’m starting to use to describe to people what it is I am doing. I’ve had some uncomfortable and displeasing encounters with a few people recently in trying to answer their simple question “So, what are you doing in New Zealand” or […]
January 8, 2007

2007: This is our year!

In the closing circle of the festival we just attended, the very last bit of information communicated to the group came from a very powerful shaman. He stepped forward into the circle and said the spirits had a few more words for us. It went something like this: “2007 is […]