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Destination: Kiwiburn08, Feb 1-4, Whakamaru Domain

Published on February 18, 2008

Whoa. It’s been a week since we left the festival and the mind reels. What just happened? Who would have thought that Kiwiburn could have been better than last year? It was. Wow.
Kiwiburn07 was pretty darn good – many of us felt the event achieved the essence of Burning […]


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 […]


Goodbye 2007; Hello 2008! Life, Vol 8, Nov 3, 2007 – Jan 18, 2008:

Published on January 21, 2008

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a stellar holiday season, filled with joy, laughter, friends, family, and relaxation. May we all have had time to pause for a moment, reflect on our lives, give thanks for the good, honor the bad, and make plans for our collective better future.
Well, time has […]


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 […]


Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, What’s all the Buzz?

Published on January 16, 2008

Well, bees, of course. That’s what’s a buzzin.
Last week I witnessed my fourth swarm this season. I’d never even seen a swarm or a natural hive in my entire life and now I’ve seen four! I think the bees are trying to tell me something; they’re in my future.
I wrote about the […]