

Change is Upon Me - Reflecting and Coping
Without a choice I jump an ocean today. Well, half of an ocean. Thankfully I don’t leave Oceania quite yet, but I do leave Aotearoa, a...


Go BIG, then go home.
As I celebrate 1 week left here in Dunedin, I’ll share my good friend’s Emma’s words, “We go big, then we go home.” We decided it’s not...


Making Lemonade
Ouch! The picture above (second pic!) is a mapping of the weight distribution of my feet. It’s no wonder I have had stress fractures in...


Life’s up to you.
Too much worrying, too much planning, too much stressing…. ‘relax and let go’ I remind myself. ‘Let life happen.’ It’s clique, but so...


Reset
April was ruff, but that doesn’t mean May has to be. Today being the celebration of MayDay (huge celebration in Hawai’i, probably my...


Comfortably Challenged
I run, but right now life would beat me in a race. Time is running ahead of me so quickly that I can barely keep up. I apologize for the...


As much as I need a shower...
As much as I need a shower after traveling a new country... I'm hesitant to wash off the salt and sun. The TSA Security man asked me if I...


First week - Adventure and Survival
(This should have been posted last week, but computer problems happend...) SO much has happened these last two weeks, it's hard to even...


Taupo, Christina A & Lady Gaga
They were'nt joking when NZ's music is a wee bit behind... at the pub tonight a playlist full of Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera was...


Pippa Wetzell reporting to you live!
Alive, well and happier than could be! Reporting to you live from Auckland. >I was told that I look like Pippa Wetzell, a well known New...