Winter Light
The root definition of photography is to draw with light. One of the hardest things for me to learn is that I don’t take pictures or...
Connections to Middle Earth and Our Adventures
Did you know that the author J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a lot of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in the trenches in France during the...
Homeschool Highlights
On most days since February, Coulter and I spend the bulk of our days together. Being naturally unsuited to homeschooling, this took some...
The Best 10th Birthdays Ever
About a weekish ago it was Sophie's and Eliza's 10th birthdays. It was on the Queen's Birthday weekend, so we got to stay home from...
Kakapos are my Favorite Birds
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Invercargill Kakapo Recovery Center and saw some kakapo babies. These native birds are almost...
Netball is Fun!
After school we are playing on a netball team. Lots of people play netball here. It's kind of like basketball but you can't move with the...
Glacial Landscapes
Transcendent—beyond or above merely human experience. It is a bit of a cliché to describe experiences in nature as transcendent, but...
Local Things
These past couple of months there has been a lot of things happening in Dunedin. The LDS Dunedin District , that we have been in since...
Big Rock Primary School
Eliza and Sophie are attending Big Rock Primary School in Brighton, a K-7 school with about eighty students (NZ years 1-8). This seaside...
Maori Culture
Kia Ora. In school I'm in a Maori class for my language option. Almost all of the other girls are Maori and have been immersed in the...
