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Aug
21
postcards from otago and the catlins

postcards from otago and the catlins

monday, we head to the airport for a flight to dunedin, our third attempt to stay at road’s end
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Feb
24
postcards from the coromandel peninsula

postcards from the coromandel peninsula

day one // auckland to waiomu we pack in the thick warm soup of the morning, both of us covered in
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Jan
25
twenty

twenty

20 x 365/6 married to nic wise today                       couldn’t have asked for someone better to travel with on
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Jan
05
found objects: a story about community + a steamed pudding recipe

found objects: a story about community + a steamed pudding recipe

ten years ago, when we were still living in the uk, i was asked to contribute to a book – one
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Jan
04
kayaking at the bottom end

kayaking at the bottom end

yesterday we dusted off the kayaks and banished all the spiders ready to head down to the bottom end of
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Jan
02
a list for 2022

a list for 2022

toward * reflective mode * elemental * discretionary focus * small steps leading to seismic shifts * writing * garment luxuries * where faith and fear meet
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Jan
01
Chalk board sign that says "No service thank you" hanging from a hook by a string

a list of current enthusiasms

01 // small disciplines daily swims + gin & tonic of an afternoon 02 // oblique meaning i was reading about the concentrates
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Dec
30
passage rock to poderi crisci

passage rock to poderi crisci

currently nic and i have the luxury of having two cars as we bought a new (electric) one and have
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Dec
26
merry & bright

merry & bright

a double swim day on christmas day – one of our favourite ways to celebrate. hope you had a merry &
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Nov
14
bootcamp

bootcamp

why would i stay in bed on a wild-weathered saturday morning when i could go to bootcamp, get soaked and
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