Category Archives: Travel

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.”

Tiki-tour: a trip where instead of going directly from A to B, you make all kinds of detours and side trips, going to places you didn’t intend to go when you set out. Margaret (host mother) and I planned a tiki-tour (which seems funny to plan on going places you don’t plan on) after weContinue reading “tiki-tour.”

I walked to the library and have no idea how I got here. I had received written directions that missed a street, and from what I could figure, it was an important street. The library is a couple miles away, up and up a hill. I ended up walking through a gated school and thoughtContinue reading “not a knee slappin’ good post.”

It’s a strange thing, living with people you’ve chosen from a web profile. I’ve been with this sweet family for 4 days now. I know what they call their remote control, who loses said remote most often, how they hang up their pajamas on the clothesline, and where the cloves of garlic are kept. IContinue reading “mote/dial/controller.”