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 […]
Local, Travel
Is This the Best View of Lake Louise?
No, not that one. Read on to find out which view I’m really taking about. Lake Louise is probably the most stunning and recognizable landscape […]
Life
Three Things I Miss About Journalism and Three Things I Don’t
The other day I was sorting out my filing cabinet and I decided to recycle my newspapers. Carrying all of those papers out to the […]