Greening Weddings One of the cool things about playing in a band is that I get to go to lots of weddings. Most of the ones we see are not h...

The Greening of Christmas As part of my slow living proclamation, I want it to reach into all aspects of my life. I want our Christmas gift...

Last weekend we visited the little coastal settlement of Whananaki (pronounced far-na-nakee). It was some time since either of us had been t...

Ok, so Whangarei is not actually a small town - it's a small city with a population of approx 50,000 people. It's in a basin with hi...

This morning I was up early gardening as it's going to be a hot one. While cutting back the flax so that I can mow without getting it al...

A while back I wrote how I used hairspray to remove permanent marker pen marks from something - which is scary when you think that those che...

Our band played in Kaitaia this weekend and were accommodated at the Kaitaia Motor Lodge - a nice clean place to stay with friendly motelier...