Archive for the 'Bruce's Blogposts' Category



Stealthy Sting: The Movement of the Bees

Published on January 17, 2008

It was time. The day had come to move the two bee hives from our place in Christchurch to our place in Wainui.
We’d been talking about this for a few months, but had been putting it off for it was going to be a bit of a tricky endeavor to move two hives built […]


This Is Not My Beautiful House Part III

Published on January 3, 2008

I was writing a few words the other day for a New Zealand curious friend of a friend, and as I went over to Tribe to look for a relevant blog post that summed up some key points of my experiences moving here, I noticed that I had written not one, but two earlier posts […]


Destination: Karamea, West Coast, South Island, NZ, Dec 12 - 19, 2006

Published on December 23, 2006

We just spent the week in Karamea. Wow!
Kathy and I were at times quite close to putting an offer in on a house. About 20 acres, 2 bedroom house, very cute and funky and tidy, 2 tunnel houses, a barn, a stream, photovoltaic panels, water wheel power generation, solar hot water, native bush, a […]


More Use for Effective MicroOrganisms: Cleaning the House!

Published on December 6, 2006

Thanks for the encouragement from Kat– here is an attempt at a short post.
So maybe you are saying to yourself, gee Bruce, how can I have some of that wacky cutting edge sustainability fun you seem to be having without leaving the country?
Look no further! The answer to your prayers is here!
Actually, the answer […]


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, […]