Monthly Archives: August 2011

Irene

Posted on August 26, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I feel like I talk about the weather a lot on this blog, but then again, the weather in Western Massachusetts has been doing some pretty strange things this year. You may recall that we’ve had record snowstorms, tornadoes, a … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture

Posted on August 22, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

So remember how before I left last year, I wrote that blog post extolling the virtues of uncluttered housing and talking about how when I got to America I’d keep our house all modern and furniture-low and not accumulate a … Continue reading →

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One Year On

Posted on August 15, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

A year ago last Friday, I was sitting in Christchurch Cathedral, listening to Helen Clark give a talk about development in the third world. It was three days before I was due to get on a plane and leave New … Continue reading →

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A road trip

Posted on August 10, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

(Quick preface: this is still sans pictures, mostly, but I’ll be editing them in when I get them. In the meantime…) When we set out for Baltimore, I hadn’t actually looked up how far it was, though I had a … Continue reading →

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Home Again (Again)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I feel like I’ve been to enough parts of America now (major cities visited, not just in the changing-planes sense, in the last year: San Francisco, Boston, Portland (OR), New York, New Orleans, Seattle, Baltimore, holy crap that’s quite a … Continue reading →

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