Author Archives: Michele

Something Different

Although I have been on a blog hiatus for the last two months, I have been writing like a mad woman – creative short fiction. And I finally have the balls to share a bit of it. Holy Week School … Continue reading

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What Goes Up

There is an inevitable low after a high like a universal trade-off – with the great comes the ordinary. We are just coming off the very best time in Canada where we were able to connect with friends, family and … Continue reading

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In Raising Girls

My girls are 12 and almost 11 years old and as a stay at home mom for the last 10 months, I am acutely aware of just how much I can stuff them up by the way I parent. Funny … Continue reading

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Trekking

There is no shortage of draw dropping treks in this country. Not to be confused with hiking, trekking usually involves unchartered paths and requires days to complete. They tend to be where no other means of transportation are available – … Continue reading

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Those Crazy Kiwi Kids

In a lot of ways, New Zealand is the Canada of the Southern Hemisphere. NZ sits in the shadow of its beefy, older brother, Australia as we do the US. People are friendly and humble – although not nearly as … Continue reading

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More to See

When we moved into our pied-a-terre – I call it that because home feels like a betrayal – we were all so enamored with having our lovely things that we literally parked our asses among our lovely things. Weekends were … Continue reading

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Mindfulness

I am just pulling out of a grey hibernation. Almost three weeks ago, the 14 year old daughter of a friend from home committed suicide. Her demons caught her. I didn’t know Maddie. She was the daughter of a friend, … Continue reading

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Design in NZ

Despite not working in the design space right now – once a designer, as they say. I have toured more homes than I am ready to admit as we searched for our permanent Auckland pied-a-terre, with my keen designer eye … Continue reading

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Falling Back Into Design

I have been on a lovely hiatus from work – just long enough to miss it and to be curious about what has changed. Nine months is a blink in the design world so its kinda like I never left. … Continue reading

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Full On Frustration

I get the quirks of living in a new place. In fact, I may even argue that that is just an expected part of living in said new place. Would even venture as far as insisting that the entire point … Continue reading

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