Four Beaches and a Birthday

As most people (reading this) know, my 30th birthday was a week ago tomorrow. Samuel and I were in Whangarei that weekend (a story for another time), so I spent my birthday with my parents – I think possibly the first time in a decade. We had a very nice day – I did a […]

Birthday Theme

30th birthdays seem to be happening all the time at the moment! Mine is a bit under three months away, so here are some thoughts. When people ask what I want for a gift (for any occasion) I always suggest a book, which never goes down well. For some reason, people want to get me […]

Hey Olyvia

Olyvia turned 30 last Saturday (4th October 2008).  She probably won’t get around to writing anything about it, so in brief: in the morning she, Sam, and I went to the Matakana Farmers’ Market (good, but very difficult with a 2-year-old), then to the market at the Matakana Country Park (the one where the combined coffee […]