Not long before I left my sister and I went on a bit of a Jane Austen bender… You know how it goes. You start […]
Life
Hot Take on People We Meet on Vacation
Let me preface this by saying I absolutely adore Emily Henry’s romances. However, People We Meet on Vacation was never quite it for me, and […]
Local, Travel
My Coromandel Weekend
Just two hours away from bustling Tauranga is Coromandel, widely considered the ultimate summer destination here in Northland. Okay, maybe second to Waiheke Island. But […]
Life
Big changes ahead…
Two years ago I was sitting in a hotel room in Johannesburg, stitching my duffel bag back together with a crude sewing kit and chatting […]
Fun Stuff
The Mystery of the Octagon, Solved?
For almost a century, the Octagon tomb in Ephesus has had archaeologists convinced it was the final resting place of Queen Arsinoe, younger sister of […]
Books
The Best Books of 2024
It’s that time of year again! I know I can’t be counted on much these days to write consistently, or even string together a series […]
Life
Why I Refuse to Market this Blog
I’ve given a lot of thought to making this blog something… more mainstream. Have you ever wished for that from me? You know, a book […]
Books
Why is it so hard to find a good Ghost Story?
This is the book post I’ve been trying to write for years. I’ve been coming back to this book almost every year around Halloween, and […]
Food & Wine
The Long-Awaited Melktert Recipe
I did promise I’d come back to my mother’s melktert recipe someday, and today is that day. The reason it took me as long as […]