Archive for the 'Christchurch' Category



Through Chaos Comes Creation

Published on January 26, 2008

January has been a very chaotic month. Not surprising, since we usually kick into high gear the month before Kiwiburn as we attempt to get all our projects done in time for ‘our’ festival. This year, in addition to running The Green Fairy Black Light Lounge, Bruce and I signed up […]


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 […]


Who Am I? How I view myself as a migrant in a new country.

Published on November 4, 2007

Our good friend Amba is studying at nearby Canterbury University; her field of study is anthropology with a focus on entheogenology. She’s always up to something interesting in her classes and earlier this month, for one of her courses, she was assigned a photo essay project. Her task was to […]


Swarm: Be Careful What You Wish For!

Published on October 31, 2007

I’ve been saying that New Zealand is a hub of magical energy; you no sooner put a thought out into the universe, than the wheels start turning and the thought manifests itself, often in ways one may not have expected.
Spring is a busy time for bees and for the beekeeper. Our bee […]


Matariki, A Time for Feasting and Celebration June 17, 2007

Published on June 17, 2007

We’ve had many frosts these last few weeks. There is no doubt that winter has arrived. Bruce had been lamenting recently the lack of holiday celebration; this was, after all, at least seasonally, the time to be honoring the harvest (Thanksgiving) and enjoying the winter celebrations of Christmas and New Years. […]