We Belong Outdoors

Fiordland and the Waterfall

Six weeks ago I scheduled last week as “feng shui” week, the week that I clear file cabinets, sort clothes, take care of sad house plants, put the garden to bed for winter… you know, this lis...

Pirates, Promises and OceansWatch

This Week This week introduces OceansWatch to you. I met Chris Bone, the founder of OceansWatch with his wife Julia over summer. They are based in Whangarei, but have a world-wide organization dedi...

Chopping Wood

Before I moved to New Zealand, the sum total of my wood chopping experience was zero. Now, after 15 winters of practice, where if you want heat you make a fire, I can chop a tidy stack of toothpick...