If the ocean was to disappear, life as we know it would not exist. Water. Such an important part of life. And as my understanding of life’s intricate systems are revealed to me, my desire to care for the ocean and our waterways has become even stronger. This life form depends on that life form […]

I was driving through a community today and it took me right back to when I was growing up. Everything seemed so familiar, the housing, the narrow road… I thought about the tight knit communities that to some degree shape us and have an affect on us in our later years, the experiences that are […]

It’s the name of a movie I just finished watching. Two woman are in a coma, one is a bullfighter and the other is a dancer. The dancer has been in a coma for four years and has been cared for by a man who loves her. He talks to her everyday, he washes her, […]

Wrapping myself up in a blanket of aroha and warmth, feeling the need to hybernate for a little bit, heal some more and regroup for the new journeys ahead. There was an amazing frost this morning – I have not seen one like this for a long time. I remember them often growing up in […]

“Ko hūpē, ko roimata hei whakamauru noa i te mamae e kai kino nei, ā, mā te wā rawa te rāwakiwaki e whakangaro.” “Mucus and tears will ease the intense pain and eventually in time the depression will recede.” Death is something that challenges me. My grandmother passed away on my ninth birthday and it […]