Oh, frabjous day – the moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived: the back to New Zealand trip! Well, yes, also gird your loins for some necessary mush about seeing Gar again (duh), but I’ll try to keep it as non-nauseating as possible. And I can offer you this little additional Cupcake of Enticement: nifty photographs will be served, because what is New Zealand if not kick-ass beautiful? Continue reading →

Throughout January I kept wondering about Gar and whether I’d see him again. Continue reading →

Gar and I continued our animated pan-oceanic email chatting, simultaneously juggling various conversational threads as we ping-ponged a dozen messages back and forth daily. Continue reading →

Breathe a huge sigh of relief: we’re through the snivelly bits. Continue reading →

I quelled the alarm at 5am and slithered silently out of bed, hushing the kitties clamoring for their morning kibble now that a groggy vertical human with opposable thumbs was on the scene to serve them. Continue reading →

After checking out the next morning, Gar drove us to Mt. Maunganui where we parked by the bay with the van door open, scooched back onto the sofa to stay out of the morning rain, and breakfasted on tea, yogurt, and cold cereal with strawberries. Continue reading →

Everyone was clearing out from the rented bach the next morning Continue reading →