Follow me Gentle Readers, I’m home in Nebraska now, slogging through unpacking and catching-up chores and contemplating (yes!) spring planting and trying to figure out how to sleep at night…
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Follow me Mount Maunganui is the name of the extinct volcanic cone that rises above the town of Mount Maunganui, and is now officially known by its Maori name Mauao,…
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Follow me I remember the first time I discovered The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. My Dad had a drugstore in Nelson, Nebraska, where I spent quite a bit of my…
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Follow me One of the first things we did, once we were on our feet again after our trip here, was to shop for a few groceries. We are staying…
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Follow me Yup, after years of looking forward to traveling back to New Zealand, and months of anticipation, and weeks of preparing for this trip, we are here. I wrote…
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