Kiwis and Fairy Bread

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

When you see me next you will notice that I have aged. My old spots will have grown larger under this southern sun. My teeth will be stained from all the flat whites I have been drinking. And the wrinkles on my face, my laugh lines, will be quite apparent. I have smiled much here in New Zealand. My smiles have been wide and deep, long lasting and many!. I have laughed aloud in shear joy at what I have seen, the sounds I have heard, the scents I have smelled, the textures I have felt, and the incredible, kind,… Read more