Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day to everyone who celebrates today!…
Last night, we enjoyed Christmas dinner with our wonderful landlords and new friends, Dave and Eing, who live next door, just a...
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Merry Christmas!…It’s Christmas Day, today in New Zealand!..
Merry Christmas from New Zealand. It feels both familiar and completely different to be writing those words from this side of the...
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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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