Archive for May, 2006



We have container! May 20, 2006

Published on May 25, 2006

Well, after three months without stuff, we now have our stuff!
Surprisingly, the delivery of our container went relatively smoothly. Four movers and two trucks arrived promptly at 8:30 am last Friday morning. The weather was partly overcast but dry; our friends Ken, Anne, & Scott were here to help; I had prepared the manifest with […]


Mighty Mighty Mount Cook

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They said it couldn’t be done. They said it could take several attempts. They said most Kiwi’s never succeed. We said we’re going. We said we gotta try.
And so, a few weeks ago, on a cold and overcast Saturday morning, we hopped in the car and started on our three hour journey to visit the […]


Surreal Time…… Christchurch, April 25 – May 9, 2006

Published on May 9, 2006

Ah, another interesting two weeks. Bruce’s recent post talks about being marooned in realtime; I’ve come to experience it as surrealtime.

The days whiz by; I have a hard time remembering what I’ve done the day before. Lots of energy and focus directed to the ‘old’ life in San Francisco – the SF flat sale, while […]