We Belong Outdoors
Your donation is headed to Solomon Islands You challenged me to write and ask clearly. And then, as a group, you sent a sustained YES with donation after donation coming in over the following we...
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It's been an outgoing autumn for me. Last month I was in Taupo, participating (as sponsor, not team member) in the Whai Ora Spirited Women's Adventure Race. This was the second year of the event, a...
Read moreI've got a list. And a date. I'e got a 5 day circuit break, 'stare at the ocean' retreat scheduled, and it begins in 2 days. I'm getting ready to shuck my routine, list or no list. I know I'll retu...
Read moreIt's Wednesday following a whirlwind school holidays. Consider it done any relaxing and connecting that is meant to happen in that time. How about you? John took the kids to Auckland in the first w...
Read moreSlow down the River #2 (and New Products!)
Nothing like writing an article on keeping it together in the midst of keeping it together. Writing to you accelerates me. Last week went pear-shaped.
Read moreOnce you read below you'll understand why it's been a bit quiet on my side. I know you know that life is more than being "busy". But how does that look on a day to day basis? Today I share a concep...
Read moreIn the last issue I started with, "I believe in community." And the magazine was about larger kinds of community. In the last week, I've gotten to be part of micro-community. One friend incubated o...
Read moreI believe in community. I believe in our ability to make communities that are larger, more creative and more vital than the sum of what we each add. I love the feeling of coming home. I’ve been i...
Read moreA World at our Door - Local Markets
Welcome again to new subscribers who have come in through friends' recommendations to see the Small Adventure videos in eddyhopping.com. I am springtime happy that you've joined us. This week I get...
Read moreToday is my first day "back in the office" (5 hours at the dining room table while kids are at school). We've just been down in Queenstown for 3 weeks, skiing with the kids. The blossom trees are j...
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