Tag: new zealand
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Back in the Burbs
I have left the beach. Beautiful Himatangi Beach is on our past now. But. Do not despair – there are another couple of beaches in our future this trip. Before I left the beach I met with a filmmaker friend of mine. We touched on the possibility of me writing him a script. So –…
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Not Ready for Another Test, yet.
We did a test this morning and still have things configured incorrectly. Good morning from a sunny calm day at the beach. The beach is calling! Yesterday I sent you shots after sunrise. All these shots today are from late yesterday afternoon as the sun began to swoop down! Thekitchensgarden.org – the blog – went…
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The Wind Died Down
It is a strange saying – the wind died down. But it did and we got right out onto the beach for a good walk just as the sun was going down. I think that this walk with the boys is the highlight of my beach stay so far. “The time has come”, the Walrus…
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Back in New Zealand
And so glad of it. I found myself taking huge gulps of the swampy salty Māngere air as I crossed the tarmac at Auckland Airport to clamber up into the final plane in the long journey home to New Zealand from Illinois. Landing in Wellington, I discovered that my son had come to pick me…
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New Turns no Twists, yet.
Well, if you know me at all you will know that I can sometimes spin on a dime and change direction in a second. Living close to me can give a person whiplash. But life is like that, we keep moving and evolving and devolving and exploring and sometimes disappearing completely, only to reappear a…