Life in NZ – The First 10 Years (2006 to 2016)

Yup, lately what I’ve been feeling is akin to treading the hamster wheel. We arrived back from our one month trip on March 5th (see the last few posts about our travels) and jumped right back into a very hectic schedule. “How can that be?” I keep asking myself. I […]

It is one year ago today that we left San Francisco for New Zealand. Wow. What a difference a year makes. It has been an amazing period of 365 days (or is it 364 or 366, as we’ve gained and lost a few days on our world travels), filled with […]

“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 […]

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 […]