Kiwis and Fairy Bread

5 January 2024 The long plane flights to and from New Zealand were the part of the journey I had dreaded most. In fact, when Mike first proposed this trip over a year ago, I was wary of the idea for just that reason. Visiting somewhere along the way like San Francisco or Hawaii was something we’d considered. But once we started our research, there was far too much we wanted to see and do in NZ. So I set my fears aside. Eighteen hours in the air seems an impossibility. And yet, it is possible. And done almost every… Read more

3 and 4 January 2024 It was time to return Miranda. She’d been our home for over three weeks, traveling over 3000 kilometers (that’s the equivalent of driving from Somerville NJ to Orlando Florida and back!). In her we’d talked, cooked, eaten, slept, written, developed photos, recorded poetry, read, relaxed, and of course, seen the most beautiful of sights along the way. We’d loved van life. But this life was now at an end. At the THL van rental just outside the Queenstown airport, we emptied our things out. I finally took down the paper snowflakes, leaving just one, hidden… Read more