Author Archives: bethoffreshair

I don’t know how to write this without sounding like a brat. But last night there were hurricane strength winds and a constant whistle in my hut because the window doesn’t close all of the way. Craziest winds I’ve ever heard/felt and I’ve been through many hurricane warnings in Palm Harbor. In fact, we couldn’tContinue reading “blokarts.”

We hitch hiked to town (about 12 km, met a nice gal named Julianne who was really just dropping her friend off at her car, but we ran and looked so excited that she pulled over, she had pity on us and took us to town) and then maxed out the ATM withdrawal limits andContinue reading “Nana Carina.”

We walked and hitch hiked (we’ve got an attacker plan with code words and pepper spray, no worries) to the library and to get sushi. So with a couple hours of internet, here are some photos for you… 

After a wild trip from the east coast to the west coast, I am with Brittany and Kasey and it’s so nice. I’m now drinking coffee, eating dark chocolate, and having spoonfuls of peanut butter whenever the heck I want.  Muriwai is a magical place. A place where radio stations play 90s music all weekendContinue reading “champagne.”

They say pulling weeds is therapeutic. Today I found that to be incredibly true. Especially when Gregory Alan Isakov’s “The Stable Song” comes on Pandora. There’s something about this song that makes me want to weep, evaluate my whole life, swing on a swing set for hours, and follow my dreams. I always look upContinue reading “weeding.”

You know those jobs that only you can do, like sorting your old high school papers, deciding whether or not to keep private journals or important documents? It’d be awkward for someone else to come in and try to clean out your storage because it’s all so personal, and they wouldn’t know what you’d wantContinue reading “kool kiwi.”

A few photos from my chilly walk on the beach today:

There were 26 people present at my host mom’s dad’s birthday party at her mom’s house. Got that? I was introduced to two of them about 45 minutes into the celebration. I happen to think that it wouldn’t have been too tough to walk in and say, “hey everyone, this stranger is Beth and sheContinue reading “curry stained carpet.”

And up the hill to One Tree Hill… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill,_New_Zealand  

‘Ello, mates! I’m scared to plug anything in anymore after the shock of 2013. Tonight as I was plugging in my computer, I saw sparks and froze. All is well. I hope I can still cook. A few odd things: My host doesn’t know what waffle fries are. The kids got off school today…for aContinue reading “fairies.”