It’s Christmas Eve, here in the Southern Hemisphere…A laid back holiday for us…
Tom thanks our many friends/readers who reached out to him with happy birthday wishes; it was yesterday here on this side of...
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Happy birthday, to my dear husband, travel companion and friend…
December 23rd is Tom’s 73rd birthday. Happy birthday, my darling husband. Depending on where you’re standing on the globe, it’s almost his...
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Map with our location in New Zealand…Why did we choose the North Island for our second visit in almost ten years?…
When people hear that we’re spending time in New Zealand, the reaction is almost always the same. Their eyes light up,...
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Trying to prepare for Tom’s birthday and Christmas…
Since we’re both still sick with this stubborn virus, even the simplest decisions feel heavier than usual. Lately, just thinking about...
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An update…
We arrived in New Zealand a week ago today, though it feels both longer and shorter than that, depending on the moment....
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The revealing reason why….Photo of our new location…
I don’t like sharing this news, but because we’ve always promised transparency in our stories, today I had no choice but...
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We’re baaaaack!…WiFi issues resolved…Kaiwaka, New Zealand…Our new home for the next two months…
Getting here after we disembarked the cruise wasn’t easy, and that’s putting it gently. After weeks of floating predictably from port to...
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