The Weekly: The Big and the Mundane
The Weekly – 13th March 2017 Something big has happened. I can’t talk about it yet, but it’s something I’ve been waiting for my entire life. It arrived, as do all desires, in a form that I did not expect. And life has been so busy I haven’t even had time to appreciate its significance. I […]
The (long overdue) Weekly
The Weekly – 7th March 2017 “I do not wish to be good. I wish to be hell on wheels, or dead.” – Martha Gellhorn Time has been on fast-forward. March is traditionally my favourite month in New Zealand, and – so far – this March is no different, but the days are speeding past […]
The Weekly: Time
The Weekly – 13th February 2017 I’ve been obsessed with time these past two weeks. Things that are happening in the present are reminding me of the past, and the ghosts lurking behind me are clamoring for my attention. Two of my good friends, Shane Rangi and Grant Roa, are in Wanaka this week. I […]
The Weekly: A Flash of Summer
The Weekly – 30th January 2017 Last week beat me up. I pulled off my two deadlines, and my editors are pleased with the stories, which is a crushing weight lifted. I never appreciate how heavy the experience is – the looming deadline, pressing ‘send’, waiting to hear feedback – until I’m on the other […]
The Weekly: Two Years in Wanaka
The Weekly – 23 January 2017 It’s our two-year anniversary of living in Wanaka! I first stumbled across this tiny alpine town with my sister Erin, while on my first assignment for National Geographic Traveler Magazine. We pronounced it Wa-NA-ka, instead of its proper name, WAN-a-ka. (Erin and I still call it Wa-NA-ka sometimes, just for […]
The Weekly: Being Still
The Weekly – 17 January 2017 I’m not good at being still. I never have been. Whenever my life is quiet, peaceful, routine, I do something to rattle that cage. I’m not sure if I was that way as a child, but I know it started when I hit double digits. Given some of the […]
2017 – The Return of The Weekly
The Weekly – 10th January, 2017 For the first 10 years I lived in New Zealand I wrote an email blog for close family and friends. I called it The Weekly. As I was completely absent from social media, it was my way of keeping in touch. I wrote about my adaptation to a new […]