Two bicycles lay next to a bench, unlocked. The beach is nearly empty on the south end, but then it’s more shells than sand down here. The tourists stick to soft sand on the north end, but the locals know this is the place to sit. The tide is out and I watch Noodle run… Read more

Let’s face it: kids these days have it easy. School used to be harder, we didn’t have big screen televisions and video games, we hunted our own food, cultivated our own crops, wore fig leaves for clothes. Parents sometimes love to compete back and forth in a hyperbolic holier-than-thou tailspin, seemingly unable to recover a… Read more

Recently, I attended a talk by Bob Campbell, one of two Masters of Wine in New Zealand, as part of an ongoing series of talks called “Business On Toast.” I want to get involved in my new local community, Devonport, and learning about the ins and outs of wine tasting at seven o’clock in the morning… Read more