Archive for the 'Country Living' Category



This Is My Kauai: Wainui, December 30, 2007

Published on December 30, 2007

The thing I have missed and still miss from my old life is my house in Kauai. As much as it was hard work and as much as we had to periodically deal with noisy neighbors, I loved that house and loved that island. It was my sanctuary, my place of […]


The Plan

Published on October 14, 2007

Nearly everyone’s been asking, “When are we moving? What’s our plan?”
Ah, grasshopper, this is the million dollar question and we’ve been asking ourselves the very same. Phase I of the ‘radical life change’ plan is over – finding the land; now it’s time for Phase II – implementation. […]


Country Living, Days 3 & 4: Sunday, October 14, 2007

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Ahhhh, days 3 & 4 have been much more cozy and welcoming than days 1 & 2.
We arrived in Wainui Friday afternoon after close to a two-hour journey with a van full of stuff. I was cranky and feeling a bit overwhelmed as I’d spent most of my week shopping for things […]


Magic or Madness? Beginning life in the country, Oct 3, 2007

Published on October 4, 2007

I was having a conversation with a friend in San Francisco only weeks ago about what we would be doing once we returned to New Zealand. My answer went something like, ‘Oh, you know, we’ll probably continue with our land/property search, but who knows how long that will take, because it has to be […]