Our family loves board games. Chess is a favourite, but monopoly and cluedo all score weekly slots at the table.…
Our lust for convenience is fuelling the climate crisis
Sometimes I get really busy at doing nothing. Convenience allows me to do this. Its presence -and my willingness to…
consuming less to experience more…
It cost $6000 to house our ‘most important items’ in storage and in the end we sold or gave most…
More Time for Slow Adventure
The almighty engine -incredible as it is- has shrunk our world. Its invention has led to mammoth increases in food…
the pseudo fear of difference
There are many attributes, we share as humans, that require us to live our lives the same as every other…
Adversity in Travel
Imagine: You’re wildcamping among trees on the outskirts of an unknown town in a foreign land. It’s 2am on a…
Making time for our kids.
At the car park we slung on back-packs, donned hats, and disconnected from towers and satellites. “Should take no more…
wishing I’d listened to the drunk man
The drunk was muttering something about the wind. His gaunt, creased face was blowing fumes before my nostrils as we waited…
When you’re busy making other plans..
In the beginning, there was a plan. In fact there were several. We had short term plans, medium term plans…