I’m a little late to this conversation, but I’ve been obsessed with the concept of Third-Culture Kids since I read the article a few weeks ago. The author published it over 18 months ago (where have I been?!?) – I feel like I’ve been missing out on an important discovery! (To read the article, you […]
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Travel to: Philadelphia
(Also known as “Coming Home”) It’s been a whirlwind since landing stateside a few (or more) weeks ago. There was a birthday and Thanksgiving, then unpacking and settling in, then THE HOLIDAYS (which is always overwhelming, even without the trauma of trans-Pacific relocation). I haven’t had much time to think about what it means to […]
Sweet as: Construction (the Final Product)
It took a little less than a year, from the initial clearing until settlement day. When we first signed the contract to build this house, I had no idea how much I’d love the space – it was an empty lot, a pile of drawings, innumerable approvals from the Council, and a handful of specifications […]
Sweet as: LUMA Light Show (redux)
It’s hard to believe that an entire year passed between visits to my favourite light show! I was late posting the photos from the 2017 show, and I’ve done an even worse job of getting around to the 2018 events … HOWEVER, the show was bigger, better, colder, and more fun the second time! We […]
Sweet as: Visiting our UK family
The English countryside is picture perfect in summer! As a prelude to my family’s biannual reunion in June, we stopped in the UK for 4 days to spend time with the Kiwi’s family. Really, it was the only way to get from New Zealand to Israel – flying to the west coast of the US […]
Sweet as: Construction (part 3)
Jack’s Point on a sunny day … or, the road to nirvana? Well, we were right about one thing! A lot of work happens when you’re not watching. I suppose having 3 weeks to think about something *other* than construction meant that we could be pleasantly surprised by how much progress our builder made while […]
Sweet as: Construction (part 2)
Jack’s Point is a beautiful place I think we’ll like it here. If they ever finish the house. Our builder is actually a pretty decent guy. A true kiwi, born and bred in Southland – which means he isn’t much of a talker. And he isn’t fond of email either, which makes it *really* […]
Sweet as: Construction (part 1)
Yep, that’s some empty land right there. These pictures date back to late April, so it looks pretty different today. But this is what an empty plot looks like in Jack’s Point, a “suburb” of Queenstown. I wasn’t wholly convinced that I wanted to buy land out here, […]
Sweet as: LUMA Light Festival
I’m really not a big fan of winter. I think I handled my first winter in 12 years with grace and humor (and lots of warm layers!), and one of the highlights was definitely the LUMA Southern Lights Project Light Festival. I had never seen anything like this before – all kinds of really interesting […]
Travel to: Dunedin
Dunedin: through the looking glass Even though it’s only about 3 hours from Queenstown, Dunedin hadn’t really registered as a “destination” for me. Only after I was told that I needed to go there (as part of the immigration vortex) did it hit me that Dunedin is a cool city. I only vaguely remembered it from […]