We Belong Outdoors

As Seen on TV

I did not envision that my first famous moment on national tv would be singing and dancing about sandflies. No. And yet, I did sing and dance about sandflies. We filmed the Seven Sharp segment near...

WHOA! The Cookers!

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...

Community and Sustainable, Healthy Cooking.

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...

Lethal Routine

I'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...

Slow 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.

Safe to Clean

In 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...

Bottom Line Project

I 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...

A 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...

Growing Goodness for Pets

Today 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...

EMF- The Other Side of Technology

About a year ago, I met with my friend Mandi to take a walk. We had not seen each other in a couple of years, and she felt like a different person. She told me that she had developed EMF (Electroma...