Archive for June, 2006



Effective MicroOrganisms and Bokashi

Published on June 13, 2006

A month or so ago Bruce and I attended our first free horticulture workshop at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute called “EM (effective microorganisms) and Bokashi”. This half day workshop, highly promoted by the Christchurch City Council, encourages folks to embrace this fascinating composting method which allows for the decomposition of food waste to […]


Time for Journeying…. Again

Published on June 12, 2006

Ever since the household arrived we’ve been moving towards leaving rather than focusing on staying. This has played a wierd twist on the mind, the emotions wrapped up again with depatures and all that needs to be done to tie up the loose ends we’ve strewn about.
I haven’t been in the best of moods, nor […]


Real Estate Agent & Realty Websites in NZ

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I’ve finally gone through all my real estate rags from our travels around the North and South island and compiled a list of websites. This should help any new or potential migrant to gain some insight on what’s going on in the real estate market in New Zealand.
If anyone out there is looking for an […]


What a Difference the Sun Makes!

Published on June 6, 2006

It’s been cold here lately. And wet. Folks have said we’re in that in between state between autumn and winter. The last few weeks have been grey and pretty blah with the three of us sleeping in as late as we can under our warm comforters and continuously moaning about how cold the house is.
What […]


I live here

Published on June 3, 2006

The blogging has tailed off lately; I’m in a different headspace.
Gone are the mindblowing vistas and revelations of being totally unhinged from everything fixed, the future wide open and new exciting things happening every day.
Even the harrowing real estate adventures have been absent these past couple of weeks. We’re in the middle of the process, […]