Ephemerisle
Gack. It’s now the fourth time I’ve tried to sit down and write about Ephemerisle, and it’s just not working. I mean, the “sitting down” part is easy, and I’ve […]
Category Archives: roadtrip
North, and into the 19th Century
[I said I was going to write more. Okay, here I am, sitting down, with absolutely nothing in my head, and I’m writing. Uh something. Uhh… Ooh – here’s an […]
Keys to the Highway
It’s an act of faith to drop your passport off in the mail. Granted, mine was only a temporary “emergency issue” passport, the one I picked up in Auckland under […]
Street corner memories
“Stand back! I’m going to try busking!” – Ms. Em’s Facebook status I’ve been meaning to write more, really. But what with my day job, the chaos of family […]
Pittsburgh
As I go careening through the world in this life of mine (have you ever noticed how ‘careen’ and ‘career’ differ by only one letter?), I seem to leave scattered […]
Hiya.
The hardest thing, those first days back, was trying to silence the voice in my head. No, not those voices – my voice. I’d spent the entire summer at Pole […]
The adventure continues…
Chiounard says that the word “adventure” is overused. Something like “when everything goes to hell in a handbasket, that’s when the adventure starts.” The adventure keeps rolling right along here. […]
Northbound
Souvenirs – our room key from the Grand Chancellor We’re in Christchurch briefly, between flights that will take us on to Auckland later this evening. Have I mentioned how Air […]
longer update, now that I’ve got a keyboard
Okay, to recap, now that I’m ensconced at an internet cafe with a real keyboard: We were on the outskirts of CHCH when the earthquake hit, with our rain gear, […]
update – Wanaka Southbound
We’re safely in Wanaka with Polie friends. Buying some basics, then on to qtown for the night. Sounds like the Grand Chancellor back in CHCH is about to collapse with […]
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